Price v. Blaine Kern Artista, Inc.
Nevada Supreme Court
893 P.2d 367 (1995)
Relevant factsFree
While performing as an entertainer wearing a heavy, top-heavy George Bush caricature mask manufactured by Blaine Kern Artista (BKA) (defendant), Thomas Price (plaintiff) was pushed by an intoxicated patron and fell, straining his neck under the mask's weight because it lacked a supporting safety harness; Price sued for strict liability and negligence, and the trial court granted BKA summary judgment, finding the intoxicated patron's push an unforeseeable superseding cause.
IssueFree
Whether a third party's intervening intentional act will break the chain of proximate causation between a defendant's negligent conduct and a plaintiff's subsequent injuries if the act is reasonably foreseeable.