Liability of financial planner.

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1. If loss results from following a financial planner’s advice under any of the circumstances listed in subsection 2, the client may recover from the financial planner in a civil action the amount of the economic loss and all costs of litigation and attorney’s fees.

2. The circumstances giving rise to liability of a financial planner are that the financial planner:

(a) Violated any element of his or her fiduciary duty;

(b) Was grossly negligent in selecting the course of action advised, in the light of all the client’s circumstances known to the financial planner; or

(c) Violated any law of this State in recommending the investment or service.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 1372)


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