Nazareno v. Urie

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

Plaintiff Felicidad Nazareno appeals from an adverse jury verdict, contending that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on negligence per se principles. We reverse.

Nazareno sued the owners of a Kodiak bar, Sid and Martin Urie, for damages resulting from her collision with a bar patron on the bar’s dance floor. Three witnesses testified to the circumstances surrounding her injury. Nazareno and a friend, Ruby Waltrip, both stated they had noticed a tall, heavyset man, later identified as Dennis Welch, who was talking very loudly, and who had “a really red…