Jury instructions

Standard jury instructions should be taken from the Nevada Pattern Civil Jury Instruction Booklet unless a particular instruction has been disapproved by the Nevada Supreme Court. Any proposed or agreed to additions to the jury instructions shall be included in the pretrial memorandum and ruled on by the short trial judge at the pretrial conference. All stipulated and proposed instructions must be presented to the short trial judge prior to trial under NSTR 10 . The short trial judge shall encourage limited jury instructions. [Added; effective July 6, 2000; amended; effective January 1, 2023.]