First Nat. Bank of Nev. v. EIGHTH JUDUCIAL DIST. COURT

OPINION

By the Court,

Merrill, C. J.:

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent court from proceeding with a pending action for personal injuries. The question involved is whether an award of industrial compensation made by the Nevada Industrial Commission has barred the injured person from asserting a common law right against her employers.

The action below, to which the writ is sought to be directed, is brought by Margaret Jean McColl against these petitioners, asserting that she has suffered injury as a result of their negligence. At the time of injury she was employed…