Mealey's (August 5, 2019, 1:29 PM EDT) -- CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada case law imposes a heightened duty of care on a common carrier toward its passengers that applies only to transportation-related risks, a divided Nevada Supreme Court held Aug. 1, vacating a $15 million award to the parents of a disabled man who choked to death on a sandwich while riding on a paratransit bus and remanding for a new trial (First Transit Inc., et al. v. Jack Chernikoff, et al., No. 70164, Nev. Sup., 2019 Nev. LEXIS 44)....