Worrell v. Barnes

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, C. J.:

In Shoshone Coca-Cola v. Dolinski, 82 Nev. 439, 420 P.2d 855 (1966), this court applied the doctrine of strict liability to the field of foodstuffs and bottled beverages. In Ginnis v. Mapes Hotel Corp., 86 Nev. 408, 470 P.2d 135 (1970), the doctrine was applied to the design and manufacture of all types of products, in that case a revolving door. The principal question of this appeal is whether the doctrine will be applied to the composition and installation of a residential gas system which was added to the gas system that was originally installed in the…