Estate of Smith ex rel. Smith v. Mahoney's Silver Nugget, Inc.

OPINION

By the Court,

Parraguirre, J.:

In this opinion, we consider the apparent disconnect between NRS 651.015’s limitation on innkeeper liability and our decision in Doud v. Las Vegas Hilton Corp., 109 Nev. 1096, 864 P.2d 796 (1993). Having concluded that this discord arises from the multifaceted concept of “foreseeability,” we clarify that the duty element of a negligence cause of action must be determined as a matter of law by considering whether the wrongful act that precipitated the plaintiffs injury was foreseeable. We further conclude that NRS 651.015(3)’s definition of “foreseeable”…