LOCAL JOINT EXEC. BD. OF LAS VEGAS v. STERN

No. 13599.

651 P.2d 637 (1982)

LOCAL JOINT EXECUTIVE BOARD OF LAS VEGAS, CULINARY WORKERS UNION, LOCAL NO. 226 and Bartenders Union, Local No. 165, Affiliates of Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, AFL-CIO; Musicians Union of Las Vegas, Local No. 369, AF of M, AFL-CIO; Mario Arriula, Maria Benitez, Antonio Bianco, Paul Blatt, May Bliss, Jerry Brown, Rosario Castorina, Rita Cooper, Patricia L. Dihorenzo, Beverly A. Evans, Evelio Fraginals, Elizabeth Hellyer, Kay Holmes, Arnold B. Howl, Willie Jamerson, Bill Kane, Vasilios Karagiogis, Mary Vivian keane, Mary Kimzey, Johnny R. Lavoie, Imre Maro, Calvin Neely, Lucia Nehring, Heliodoro R. Pilotzi, Sharon Pool, Edward Rutty, William D. Seago, Edith D. Skafica, Wilma Smith, Sylvia Snook, Oscar Tadeo, A. Villaluazo, Mark Walls and Jose C. Waskiak, Appellants, v. Martin STERN, Jr., A.I.A. Architects and Associates, Taylor Construction Company, Clark County, Nevada and California Electric Construction Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galatz, Earl & Biggar, Las Vegas, for appellants.

Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy & Jemison, and Alan J. Lefebvre, Thorndal, Backus & Maupin, Dickerson, Miles, Pico & Mitchell, and Eleissa C. Lavelle, John Peter Lee, Ltd., Las Vegas, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Lynberg & Nelsen, Los Angeles, Cal., and Richard McKnight, Las Vegas, for respondents.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellants sued respondents on negligence and strict liability theories to recover lost salaries and other employment benefits for the period they were unemployed due to the MGM hotel fire. The district court granted respondents' motions to dismiss, on the grounds that appellants had not stated a cause of action to recover economic loss. We affirm.

THE FACTS

This lawsuit arises from the November 1980 fire at the MGM...

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