Verner v. Nevada Power Co.

*552OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in a personal injury action in favor of respondent, Nevada Power Company. The jury returned a special verdict finding appellant Bradney Ray Verner 53 percent negligent in an accident, thus barring him from any recovery. Appellant makes numerous assignments of error on appeal. Having determined that the lower court erred in matters dispositive of this appeal, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

On August 18, 1980, Bradney Ray Verner (Verner) was 29 years old and was employed as a lineman for Centel Telephone (Centel). He and…