Frame v. Grisewood

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

This is a guest-host case (NRS 41.180) in which the jury awarded the guest Grisewood $34,560 from the host Frame, for damages sustained in a one car accident. The claimed basis for the host’s liability was intoxication, gross negligence and willful misconduct. The host appeals, assigning five errors. Four of them must be resolved with the facts of the accident in mind. The fifth claim of error concerns the voir dire examination of the prospective jurors, and will be considered last.

In most accident cases the evidence is in conflict in material respects. This…