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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY v. BUSH

No. 6632.

498 P.2d 366 (1972)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a New York Corporation, and Westinghouse Air Brake Company, a Delaware Corporation, Appellants, v. Dee Ann BUSH, individually, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldwater, Hill, Mortimer & Sourwine, Ltd., Reno, for appellant General Electric Co.

Rust, Hoffman & Mills, Sacramento, Cal., and McDonald, Carano, Wilson & Bergin, Reno, for appellant Westinghouse Air Brake Company.

Bradley & Drendel, Reno, and Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell, of San Francisco, Cal., for respondents.

OPINION

ZENOFF, Chief Justice.

On October 19, 1968, during the course of his employment, Keith Bush was horribly injured while assisting in the reassembly of a giant vehicle specially designed for use in open pit mining. The accident happened near the Kennecott Copper Company's operation at Ely, Nevada.

The vehicle was a Haulpak, a truck-type that has as one of its major component parts a heavy electrical control cabinet which consists of a metal...

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