HAMM v. CARSON CITY NUGGET, INC.

No. 5613.

450 P.2d 358 (1969)

Anna E. HAMM and Gladys G. Mello, Appellants, v. CARSON CITY NUGGET, INC.; Carson City Nugget Casino, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Echeverria & Osborne, Reno, for appellants.

Vargas, Bartlett & Dixon, and Steven T. Walther, Reno, for respondents.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice.

The issue on this appeal is whether the heirs of pedestrians who were killed by a car being driven by a drunken driver have a claim for relief for wrongful death against the tavern keeper who unlawfully sold liquor to the offending driver.

The district court rule that the tavern keeper was not liable as a matter of law and entered summary judgment in his favor. That court reasoned that civil liability in this situation...

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