King v. Baskin

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

Appellants Perry and Viola King, surviving parents of a three-year-old boy who died at “Southern Neváda Memorial Hospital” during treatment for a scalp laceration he incurred falling from a swing, have appealed sundry orders adversely terminating their wrongful death action.

1. Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital is a public hospital established by Clark County pursuant to NB.S 450.010 et seq. In Bloom v. Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, 70 Nev. 533, 275 P.2d 885 (1954), and McKay v. Washoe General Hospital, 55 Nev. 336, 33 P.2d 755 (1934), this court held…