Liability for damages caused by use of controlled substance; damages; attorney’s fees and costs.

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  2. Nevada Revised Statutes
  3. Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons
  4. Liability for damages caused by use of controlled substance; damages; attorney’s fees and costs.

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1. A person who:

(a) Knowingly and unlawfully serves, sells or otherwise furnishes a controlled substance to another person; or

(b) Knowingly allows another person to use a controlled substance in an unlawful manner on premises or in a conveyance belonging to the person allowing the use or over which the person has control,

is liable in a civil action for any damages caused as a result of the person using the controlled substance.

2. A person who prevails in an action brought pursuant to subsection 1 may recover his or her actual damages, attorney’s fees and costs and any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 588)


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