41.700 - Liability for damages caused by use of controlled substance; damages; attorney’s fees and costs.

41.700  Liability for damages caused by use of controlled substance; damages; attorney’s fees and costs.

1.  A person who:

(a) Knowingly and unlawfully serves, sells or otherwise furnishes a controlled substance to another person; or

(b) Knowingly allows another person to use a controlled substance in an unlawful manner on premises or in a conveyance belonging to the person allowing the use or over which the person has control,

Ê is liable in a civil action for any damages caused as a result of the person using the controlled substance.

2.  A person who prevails in an action brought pursuant to subsection 1 may recover his or her actual damages, attorney’s fees and costs and any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 588)