Legal Opinion
Sierra Foods v. Williams
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 1991No. 21229PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
On May 11, 1988, appellants Gary Davis and Robert Parker, partners in Sierra Foods, drove two step vans owned by Sierra Foods on Oddie Boulevard in Sparks. Davis drove the first van and towed the second van which was operated by Parker. At the intersection of Sullivan Lane and Oddie Boulevard, the vans struck and mortally injured the decedent, James Miller.
Respondents Jane Williams and Walter Miller, the decedent’s parents, sought damages in their individual capacities in a wrongful death action and on behalf of the decedent’s estate in a survival action. After a seven-day trial, a…
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