426.515 - Failure to use cane or service animal as evidence of contributory negligence in action against carrier or place of public accommodation. - Nevada Statutes

426.515  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)