Nevada has long recognized the tort of “negligent entrustment”.  Take the case of Zugel v. Miller, 100 Nev. 525, 688 P.2d 310 (1984) for example.  In that case a 13-year-old bought a motorcycle.  The boy had no driver’s license.  He took a friend for a ride on a public highway.  The boy admitted that he rode his motorcycle on the public roads all the time.  The boy and his passenger were hurt when the motorcycle ran a stop sign and it collided with another vehicle. The Plaintiffs sued the … [Read more...]