Choat v. McDorman

OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J.:

All of the parties to this action celebrated New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1964, at the Mason Hotel in Mason, Nevada. The McDormans left the hotel early in the morning of January 1, 1965, followed by the Schweitzers and the Choats. The couples proceeded, in their respective cars, in a northerly direction on the Nordyke Road between Mason and Yerington, Nevada. In each instance the husbands were driving. The accident out of which this case arose occurred approximately one mile north of Mason.

The motor of the McDorman vehicle stopped, resulting in a malfunction of…