618.785 - Provisions and standards not to be used as evidence to deny liability or claim for compensation for exposure to asbestos. - Nevada Statutes

618.785  Provisions and standards not to be used as evidence to deny liability or claim for compensation for exposure to asbestos.  Nothing in NRS 618.750 to 618.850, inclusive, including standards adopted pursuant thereto, may be used as evidence:

      1.  To deny liability in an action seeking damages for disease as a result of exposure to asbestos in a building or structure; or

      2.  To deny a claim for compensation pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or 617 of NRS relating to exposure to asbestos.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1277)