459.794 - Exclusions from immunity: Damages from gross negligence or misconduct; persons causing discharge; persons receiving compensation for assistance.

459.794  Exclusions from immunity: Damages from gross negligence or misconduct; persons causing discharge; persons receiving compensation for assistance.  The immunity provided by subsection 2 of NRS 459.792 does not apply to:

      1.  Damages resulting from the person’s gross negligence or the person’s intentional, reckless or wanton misconduct;

      2.  A person:

      (a) Whose act or failure to act was a cause of the discharge; or

      (b) Who receives compensation other than:

             (1) Reimbursement for the person’s actual expenses in voluntarily providing the equipment, advice or other assistance; or

             (2) Compensation from the person’s regular employer for the time during which he or she is engaged in rendering the assistance or advice.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 823)