Watson v. G.C. Associates Ltd. Partnership

OPINION

Appellant Avonna Watson appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of the respondents, a limited partnership and the partners as such. After recovery from the Nevada Industrial Commission, now the State Industrial Insurance System, Watson sought to impose third-party liability upon respondents for the results of an injury by accident occurring in the course and scope of her employment. The theory of Watson’s complaint was that respondents, as landlords, had been negligent in their maintenance of the building which they own and lease to her employer, the Las Vegas Sun, Inc.

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