Legal Opinion
Dakis v. Scheffer
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 1995No. 26028PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Erica Dakis was injured at the home of respondents when a third party, Scott Roberts (Roberts), picked up respondents’ flare gun and unintentionally shot Erica with it, injuring her face and hand. Erica’s guardian ad litem, George Dakis, filed suit against respondents Ronald Scheffer (Scheffer) and Joelle Scheffer (Joelle), as well as Roberts and another individual. Scheffer and Joelle moved for summary judgment, which the district court granted. Erica appeals.
Erica asserts that the district court erred because Roberts’s actions were foreseeable and therefore not a supervening cause of…
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