Court Opinion

ID: 9585185
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:57:19.051531+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:32:57.068189
License: Public Domain

Shearing, J.,
dissenting:
I would reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the case for trial. In cases involving claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress, the question of whether the plaintiff is closely related to the victim is generally a fact question to be determined by the jury. State, Dep’t of Transp. v. Hill, 114 Nev. 810, 816, 963 P.2d 480, 483 (1998). The fact finder should have the opportunity to assess the nature and quality of the relationship between the plaintiff and the victim whose injury or death was witnessed by the plaintiff. Id. To exclude a flaneé as a “closely related person” seems especially to put the form over the substance of the relationship.