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KRAUSE INC. v. LITTLE

No. 36406.

34 P.3d 566 (2001)

117 Nev. 929

KRAUSE INC. and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., Appellants, v. Don LITTLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osborne Law Office and Ann O. Hall, Reno; Law Offices of George H. Ellis, Los Angeles, California, for Appellants.

David L. Bolnick and William R. Kendall, Reno, for Respondent.

Bradley Drendel & Jeanney, Reno, for Amicus Curiae Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.

Before SHEARING, ROSE and BECKER, JJ.

OPINION

ROSE, J.

This appeal presents two novel legal questions: first, whether jurors may reconstruct an expert witness's experiment on an allegedly defective product; and second, whether a personal-injury plaintiff, must present expert testimony regarding future pain and suffering in order for the jury to award damages for the plaintiff's broken leg. We conclude that jurors may, using admitted evidence, reenact an experiment as performed by an expert...

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