41.0348 - Special verdict required. - Nevada Statutes

41.0348  Special verdict required.  In every action or proceeding in any court of this state in which both the State or political subdivision and any present or former officer, employee, immune contractor or member of a board or commission thereof or any present or former State Legislator are named defendants, the court or jury in rendering any final judgment, verdict, or other disposition shall return a special verdict in the form of written findings which determine whether:

      1.  The individual defendant was acting within the scope of the defendant’s public duty or employment; and

      2.  The alleged act or omission by the individual defendant was wanton or malicious.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1735; A 1987, 542)