Blog: Negligence

In Nevada, you have to prove four “elements” in order to win a negligence case at trial: The responsible party (“defendant”) had a duty of care towards you (“plaintiff”); The defendant breached this duty of care; The breach of duty actually caused and proximately caused your accident; and The accident resulted in damages to you.1 …

In general, Nevada landlords and property management companies are not liable for injuries that occur inside a rental unless their faulty workmanship or repairs caused the injury. Landlord’s duty to maintain habitable conditions Nevada landlords have the duty to keep dwellings in a habitable condition. Just some of these habitability requirements include: weather protection of …

There is no NRS section that defines “negligence” in Nevada civil cases (though NRS 193.018 does define it in criminal cases). Instead, Nevada’s definition of negligence comes from the “common law” as spelled out in various Nevada Supreme Court judicial opinions. (One example is Turner v. Mandalay Sports Entm’t, LLC, 124 Nev. 213, 180 P.3d …