SIIS v. ORTEGA CONCRETE PUMPING, INC.

No. 26284.

951 P.2d 1033 (1997)

STATE INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM, Nevada Power Company, Inc., Ronald Garamendi, Mindy Garamendi and John Garcia, Appellants, v. ORTEGA CONCRETE PUMPING, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckett & Yott, Ltd., Carson City, for Appellant State Industrial Insurance System.

Cohen, Johnson & Day, Las Vegas, for Appellant Nevada Power Company.

Harrison Kemp & Jones and Derek C. Ence, Las Vegas, for Appellants Garamendi and Garcia.

Lyles, Austin & Burnett and John R. Hawley, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Bradley, Drendel & Jeanney, Reno, Amicus Curiae Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Ronald Garamendi and John Garcia worked for Las Vegas Paving (LVP) and were electrocuted while they were pouring a concrete floor for a new flood channel in Las Vegas. Due to the depth of the excavated channel, LVP needed a pump truck to transport the concrete from Nevada Ready Mix's trucks to the floor of the channel. LVP hired Ortega Concrete Pumping, Inc. (Ortega) to provide the pump...

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