Pearce v. Boberg

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

This appeal seeks reversal of a judgment for personal injuries caused to respondent by her husband’s negligence before marriage. The primary appellate contention is that the trial court erred in allowing respondent to prosecute her action, because a wife may not sue her husband in tort. We disagree., In an automobile owned by appellant Stephen Dale Pearce’s father, appellant Frederick Pearce, Stephen and respondent Debra Kay Boberg left California together, enroute to Idaho where they planned to be married. In Nevada, Stephen negligently caused the automobile…