BERRUM v. POWALISZ

No. 3998.

317 P.2d 1090 (1957)

Lewis W. BERRUM and Dorothy L. Berrum, his wife, Appellants, v. Rose POWALISZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldwater, Taber and Hill, and Springmeyer and Thompson, Reno, for appellants.

Clel Georgetta and Edwin C. Mulcahy, Reno, for respondent.


EATHER, Justice.

This is an action for personal injury resulting from negligence. The defendants below have appealed from judgment in favor of plaintiff. Appellants argued their appeal on the assigned error of lack of proximate cause. This is indeed the issue, but it can be more narrowly defined as whether the hazard which resulted in the injury was one for which the defendants should have provided protection. Or, otherwise stating the issue, whether appellants may...

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