Truckee-Carson Irrigation District v. Wyatt

448 P.2d 46 (1968)

The TRUCKEE-CARSON IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Appellant,

v.

Cecil WYATT, Jr., Respondent.

No. 5419.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 25, 1968.

Richard P. Wait, Reno, for appellant.

Bradley & Drendel, Reno, Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell, San Jose, Cal., for respondent.

OPINION

ZENOFF, Justice.

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District, hereinafter referred to as TCID, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Cecil Wyatt, Jr. The judgment awarded Wyatt damages in the sum of $500,000 based upon a jury verdict awarding damages in that amount. The action grew out of an injury…