Merluzzi v. Larson

*411OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

Plaintiff-appellant’s complaint sought damages for personal injury allegedly caused by respondent’s (decedent David Manley’s) negligent conduct in damaging appellant’s automobile. Respondent, pursuant to NRCP 12(b), moved to dismiss appellant’s complaint on the ground that it failed to state a claim for relief. The district court granted the motion with prejudice.

The sole issue presented to us is whether a complaint states a claim for relief when it avers that the claimant has sustained physical injury as a proximate result of his response to the…