Nevada Statutes
§ 617.400 — Compensation: Effect of false representation, willful misconduct and self-exposure
Nevada § 617.400
JurisdictionNevada
Title 53LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Ch. 617Occupational
DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
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Bluebook
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 617.400 (2026).
Text
1.No compensation may be awarded on account of disability or death from a disease suffered by an employee who, at the time of entering into the employment from which the disease is claimed to have resulted, knowingly and falsely represented himself or herself as not having previously suffered from the disease.
2.No compensation is payable under this chapter when disability or death is wholly or in part caused by the willful misconduct or willful self-exposure of the employee.
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Related
Goldstine v. Jensen Pre-Cast
729 P.2d 1355 (Nevada Supreme Court, 1986)
Legislative History
[29:44:1947; 1943 NCL § 2800.29]—(NRS A 1993, 767 )
Nearby Sections
15
§ 617.010
Short title§ 617.020
Definitions§ 617.030
“Casual” defined§ 617.050
“Compensation” defined§ 617.070
“Employee” and “worker” defined§ 617.080
“Employee”: Persons excluded§ 617.105
“Employee”: Real estate licensees§ 617.110
“Employer” defined§ 617.120
“Independent contractor” definedCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Nevada § 617.400, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nv/617.400.