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BUCK BY BUCK v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.

No. 16799.

783 P.2d 437 (1989)

Tina BUCK and Heather Buck, minors, by Joseph BUCK and Debra Buck, guardians ad litem, and Debra Buck; Joseph Buck; Marsha Buck and Herbert Buck, Appellants and Cross-Respondents, v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC., a California corporation, LTR Stage Lines, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Respondents and Cross-Appellants, KTNV Channel 13 and Joseph Reighley, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hibbs, Roberts, Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg, Reno, Phillip S. Aurbach, Las Vegas, Beasley, Hewson, Casey, Colleran, Erbstein & Thistle, and Robert Land, Philadelphia, Pa., for Tina Buck, Heather Buck, Joseph Buck, Debra Buck, Marsha Buck and Herbert Buck.

Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison & List and J. Mitchell Cobeaga and Daniel F. Polsenberg, Las Vegas, for Greyhound Lines, Inc. and LTR Stage Lines, Inc.

Eugene J. Wait, Jr., Reno, for KTNV Channel 13.

Lyles, Austin & Burnett, Las Vegas, for Joseph Reighley.

OPINION

STEFFEN, Justice:

The central issues of this appeal concern the meaning and scope of Nevada's "Good Samaritan" statute, the applicability of an amendment to the comparative negligence statute to the instant case, and the availability of damages for emotional distress. We conclude, with one exception, that appellants' position on each of these issues is correct and grant relief accordingly.

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