SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CO. v. RINEHART

No. 14327.

665 P.2d 270 (1983)

SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY, a Nevada Corporation; Idaho Power Company, a foreign corporation, Appellants, v. Sandra S. RINEHART, Individually and Pamela weeks hahn, respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied September 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beasley & Holden, Woodburn, Wedge, Blakey & Jeppson; and Leggett & Hamilton, Reno, for appellants.

Bradley & Drendel, Reno, for respondents.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from a judgment in a wrongful death action, appellants challenge the trial court's decision that: (1) as landowners, appellants breached three separate duties which they owed to the decedent by not providing any safety devices during construction; and (2) as the proximate cause of their negligence, the decedent's mother suffered damages in the sum of $800,280. We conclude that appellants did not owe the decedent a duty...

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