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

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)