GINNIS v. MAPES HOTEL CORPORATION

No. 5958.

470 P.2d 135 (1970)

Georgia C. GINNIS, Appellant, v. MAPES HOTEL CORPORATION and Dor-o-Matic, a division of Republic Industries, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard F. McKissick, Jr., Reno, for appellant.

Vargas, Bartlett & Dixon and John C. Renshaw, Reno, for respondent Mapes Hotel Corp.

Richard P. Wait, Reno, for respondent Dor-O-Matic.


OPINION

COLLINS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in a personal injury action from a jury verdict in favor of respondents (defendants below). We conclude prejudicial error was committed, reverse that judgment and remand the action for a new trial as to respondent Dor-O-Matic. We affirm the judgment as to respondent Mapes Hotel Corporation.

Appellant, Georgia C. Ginnis (plaintiff below), a business invitee in the Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada, was caught...

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