2017 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence
NRS 41A.045 - Several liability of defendants for damages; abrogation of joint and several liability.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 41A.045 (2017)

1. In an action for injury or death against a provider of health care based upon professional negligence, each defendant is liable to the plaintiff for economic damages and noneconomic damages severally only, and not jointly, for that portion of the judgment which represents the percentage of negligence attributable to the defendant.

2. This section is intended to abrogate joint and several liability of a provider of health care in an action for injury or death against the provider of health care based upon professional negligence.

(Added to NRS by 2004 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 3)

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