Nevada Code § 705.290

Risk of employment not assumed where injury or death results from negligence of employers officers or employees or defect in equipment
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In any action brought against any common
carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of NRS 705.260 to 705.340 , inclusive, to recover damages for
injuries to, or the death of, any of its employees, such employee shall not be
held to have assumed the risks of such employment in any case where such injury
or death resulted in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the
officers, agents or employees of such common carrier, or by reason of any
defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines,
appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves or other
equipment.

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