Buhler v. Maddison

LARSON, Chief Justice.

An action for damages sustained as result of a dynamite blast while working on a mining claim in Nevada. This appeal presents for our determination the following matters: (1) The nature of the relationship between appellant and respondent. (2) The legal effect of the presumption of negligence and proximate cause under the Nevada statute. (3) Did the court err in taking the question of negligence from the jury and submitting only the question of damages? Or in other words, did defendant produce evidence enough as to freedom from negligence as to be entitled to go to the…