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Read. Follow. Verify.Nevada Senate Bill 363 Eliminates Employer Vicarious Liability and Caps Personal Injury Medical Damages
Last action · April 12, 2025: (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)Sponsor: Ira Hansen
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 363 eliminates employer liability for employee wrongful acts, repeals joint and several liability, caps personal injury medical damage recoveries at actual insurance payment amounts or 120 percent of Medicare/Medicaid rates, and restricts private attorney fees in industrial insurance cases to 20 percent.
This measure alters how civil damages are distributed by removing employer responsibility for employee torts, requiring juries to weigh the fault of all contributing parties including nonparties, and limiting recoverable medical expenses and workers' compensation legal fees.
- The doctrine of vicarious liability traditionally holds employers accountable for torts committed by employees acting within the scope of their employment. context
- Nevada's industrial insurance statutes govern workers' compensation claims, dispute resolutions, and vocational rehabilitation services. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Employers
Personal Injury Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs face new limits on recoverable medical expense damages and must account for the fault of nonparties in civil actions.
Injured Workers
Claimants under the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act are subject to a 20 percent cap on private attorney fees deducted from lump sum payments.
Private Attorneys
Attorneys representing industrial insurance claimants face statutory caps limiting their fees to 20 percent of lump sum awards.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can an employer still be held liable for an employee's wrongful acts under this bill?
How are medical expense damages limited in personal injury cases?
Are attorney fees restricted in workers' compensation cases?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 12, 2025(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
- Mar 18, 2025CommitteeFrom printer. To committee.
- Mar 17, 2025IntroducedRead first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Abolition of Employer Vicarious Liability
The legislation removes long-standing common law protections by shielding employers from liability for employee torts.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.leg.state.nv.us
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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