Nevada Revised Statutes 679B.670 – Immunity from liability for nonmalicious disclosure of information on fraudulent claim or suspicious fire
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Any person, governmental entity, insurer, employee or representative of an insurer, official of an investigative or law enforcement agency, employee of the Division, the Commissioner, the Attorney General or a member of the Fraud Control Unit is not subject to a criminal penalty or subject to civil liability for libel, slander or any similar cause of action in tort if he or she, without malice, discloses information on a fraudulent claim or suspicious fire.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 679B.670
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.