Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE38 PUBLIC WELFARE |
CHAPTER426. Persons With Disabilities |
USE OF SERVICE ANIMALS AND WHITE OR METALLIC CANES |
NRS426.515. Failure to use cane or service animal as evidence of contributory negligence in action against carrier or place of public accommodation.
- The failure of a:
1. Person who is blind to carry a white or metallic colored cane or to use a service animal;
2. Person who is deaf to use a service animal; or
3. Person with a physical disability to use a service animal,
Ê does not constitute contributory negligence per se, but may be admissible as evidence of contributory negligence in a personal injury action by that person against a common carrier or any other means of public conveyance or transportation or a place of public accommodation as defined by NRS 651.050 when the injury arises from the person who is blind, person who is deaf or person with a physical disability’s making use of the facilities or services offered by the carrier or place of public accommodation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 807; A 1981, 1917; 1987, 824; 1995, 1993; 2003, 2631; 2005, 627)