As used in NRS 41.331 to 41.338, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.332 to 41.335, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1969, 553; 2001, 27)
“Actual malice” is that state of mind arising from hatred or ill will toward the plaintiff and does not include that state of mind occasioned by a good faith belief in the truth of the publication or broadcast. (Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
“Exemplary damages” are damages which may, in the discretion of the court or jury, be recovered in addition to general and special damages for the sake of example and by way of punishing a defendant who has made a publication or broadcast with actual malice. (Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
“General damages” are damages for loss of reputation, shame, mortification and hurt feelings. (Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
“Special damages” are only those damages which a plaintiff alleges and proves that the plaintiff has suffered in respect to the plaintiff’s property, business, trade, profession or occupation, including such amounts of money as the plaintiff alleges and proves that the plaintiff has expended as a result of the alleged libel or slander. (Added to […]
1. In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, or of a slander by radio or television broadcast, the plaintiff may recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded by the plaintiff and not published or broadcast. 2. A demand for correction shall be in writing […]
If a correction is demanded as provided in NRS 41.336 and is not published or broadcast within 20 days in substantially as conspicuous a manner in the newspaper or by the broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous, the plaintiff may plead and prove such demand and failure to correct and may […]
A correction published or broadcast in substantially as conspicuous a manner by the newspaper or broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous, prior to the receipt of a demand therefor, shall have the same effect as though the correction had been published or broadcast as required in NRS 41.336. (Added to NRS […]
