Comparative fault system · Nevada
For Comparative fault system · Nevada, state is Nevada; rule type is Comparative fault system; fault system is Modified comparative fault (51% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is does not bar a recovery if that negligence was not greater than the negligence or gross negligence of the parties to the action against whom recovery is sought; fault threshold is 51%, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Nevada our reading
- Rule type
- Comparative fault system our reading
- Fault system
- Modified comparative fault (51% bar) our reading
- When the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery
- does not bar a recovery if that negligence was not greater than the negligence or gross negligence of the parties to the action against whom recovery is sought verified
- Fault threshold
- 51% our reading
- Statutory citation
- NRS 41.141 verified
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What the source says
In any action to recover damages for death or injury to persons or for injury to property in which comparative negligence is asserted as a defense, the comparative negligence of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s decedent does not bar a recovery if that negligence was not greater than the negligence or gross negligence of the parties to the action against whom recovery is sought.
— leg.state.nv.us, retrieved 2026-08-31
Where each value comes from
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Statutory citation
NRS 41.141 When comparative negligence not bar to recovery; jury instructions; liability of multiple defendants.
— all from leg.state.nv.us, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- leg.state.nv.ushttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-041.html