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YOUNG'S MACH. CO. v. LONG

No. 15160.

692 P.2d 24 (1984)

YOUNG'S MACHINE COMPANY, a Utah Corporation, Appellant, v. Cathy Ann LONG, in her individual capacity and as guardian of her minor child, Richard Long, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Popelka, Allard, McCowan & Jones, San Jose, Cal., and Barker, Gillock & Perry, Reno, for appellant.

Dufford, Waldeck, Ruland, Wise & Milburn, Grand Junction, Colo., and John Hawkins, Reno, for respondent.

Phillip W. Bartlett, Reno, for Association of Defense Counsel of Nevada, amicus curiae.

David R. Gamble, Carson City, for Nevada Trial Lawyers' Ass'n, amicus curiae.

OPINION

MANOUKIAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for respondent in a wrongful death action brought under the theory of strict products liability. Appellant urges this court to recognize comparative fault or causation principles in the strict products liability area, either by interpreting Nevada's comparative negligence statute to include this type of action or by finding that the statute does not preclude judicial recognition of the principles...

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