KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION v. REYES

No. 4134.

337 P.2d 624 (1959)

KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Nicolas REYES, Concha Reyes, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray & Horton, Ely, for Appellant.

John Sanchez and Peter Echeverria, Reno, for Respondents.


BADT, Justice.

Neives Nickie Reyes was buried and killed in a slide occurring in what was known as the Liberty Pit, a part of appellant's open pit mining operation at Ruth, Nevada. The deceased's father and mother, respondents herein, filed their complaint against appellant alleging that the deceased, a compressor truck driver, had been directed to work in a place that was not reasonably safe, that appellant had not warned him of the hazards, had taken no precautions...

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