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NRS 455.240

Liability for violation causing contact with line

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Nevada Power Co. v. Haggerty (1999)

Most recently applied in Snyder v. PacifiCorp (May 2004)

(Added to NRS by 1993, 879)

If an act constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter causes contact with an overhead line carrying high voltage, each person who committed the violation or caused another person to commit the violation shall pay the public utility operating the overhead line carrying high voltage for:

1. All damages to property of the public utility;

2. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the public utility as a result of the contact; and

3. The costs and expenses incurred by the public utility as a result of the contact for damages to third persons.

Ê Each person who committed a violation causing the contact or who caused another person to commit a violation causing the contact is jointly and severally liable for the payment required by this section.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.