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FIRST TRANSIT, INC. v. CHERNIKOFF

No. 70164.

445 P.3d 1253 (2019)

135 Nev. Adv. Opn. 32

FIRST TRANSIT, INC.; and Jay Farrales, Appellants, v. Jack CHERNIKOFF; and Elaine Chernikoff, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed August 1, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP and Daniel F. Polsenberg , Joel D. Henriod , and Abraham G. Smith , Las Vegas; Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders and LeAnn Sanders , Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Richard Harris Law Firm and Benjamin P. Cloward , Las Vegas; Marquis Aurbach Coffing and Micah S. Echols , Las Vegas; Charles Allen Law Firm and Charles H. Allen , Atlanta, Georgia, for Respondents.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

Nevada case law imposes a heightened duty of care on a common carrier toward its passengers. In this opinion, we clarify that this heightened duty only applies to transportation-related risks and that, for non-transportation risks, the common carrier owes a duty of reasonable care. When the carrier...

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