Opinion ID: 1268135
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Heading: Motion for Additur

Text: The jury awarded Mr. Arnold $256,066.38 in damages for past injuries. This sum is the exact amount of past medical expenses incurred by Mr. Arnold. Mr. Arnold asserts the award is inadequate since it did not include any amount for loss of his limbs or for pain and suffering or loss of earnings. Nevada has recognized that, when a limb is lost or severely disabled, the damage to the victim far exceeds just the medical expenses and loss of earnings. An arm or a leg is an integral, functioning part of the human body, and because its separation results in disability as well as pain and suffering it is recognized that an award of medical expenses or an amount slightly over the medical expenses ... is inadequate. Drummond v. Mid-West Growers, 91 Nev. 698, 713, 542 P.2d 198, 208 (1975). The jury awarded Mr. Arnold nothing for loss of limbs or for pain and suffering and loss of earnings. Therefore, the award for past damages was inadequate and the order denying the motion for additur is reversed. [2]