Head & brain settlements
in Nevada.
Nevada applies modified-51 comparative fault with a medical-malpractice non-economic cap rising on a phased schedule from $430k (2024) to $750k (2028) under AB 404. For head & brain claims specifically, the band is built from the state-by-state tort law · jury verdict reporters · statutory caps framework and then adjusted for Nevada's modified comparative — 51% bar and any applicable statutory cap.
Nevada applies modified comparative negligence with a 51% bar. A head & brain claimant who is 50% at fault still recovers 50% of damages; one assigned 51% recovers nothing. This is slightly more claimant-friendly than the 50% bar applied in some neighbouring states, and it leaves room for negotiation in mixed-liability head & brain cases where the comparative-fault split is close to even.
Head injury and traumatic brain injury claims sit at the upper end of the US band and are most affected by statutory caps. Nevada's caps (medical malpractice cap) can compress catastrophic head & brain verdicts even where the underlying damages — future care, lost earning capacity, life-care plan costs — clearly justify the higher figure.
The US band is the starting point. Nevada's fault rule and any applicable cap then adjust the figure.