Scialabba v. Brandise Construction Co.

*966OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, J.:

On December 9, 1988, appellant Penny R. Scialabba, was a resident of Summerhill Pointe Apartments in Las Vegas, Nevada. On that evening, Scialabba returned home from work following a short trip to the grocery store. Just after unlocking the door of her apartment, Scialabba was assaulted from the rear, stabbed in the back and then pushed into her apartment. Once in her apartment, Scialabba received multiple stab, slash, and defensive wounds. Scialabba is permanently disfigured as a result of the attack.

*967The assailant, Stanley Bernard Harris, also a resident of…