# Comparative fault system · Nevada — Comparative fault system and joint and several liability rules by state

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Rule type:** Comparative fault system _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Fault system:** Modified comparative fault (51% bar) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fault threshold:** 51% _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** NRS 41.141 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## 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.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statutory citation

> NRS 41.141 When comparative negligence not bar to recovery; jury instructions; liability of multiple defendants.

## Source

- https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-041.html

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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