Avery v. Gilliam

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

The appellants, Charles Avery and Arlette Gibson, commenced this action to recover damages for injuries they received as passengers in a vehicle that was struck by a Mercy Ambulance driven by respondent Ralph Lee Gilliam, Jr.

A jury returned a verdict for respondents. Appellants’ motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial was denied. This appeal followed.

THE FACTS

In January, 1975, the appellants, on vacation from Los Angeles, were traveling as passengers in an automobile in Las Vegas. The driver of the passenger automobile stopped the…