It has been a long-standing general principle in Nevada that the party wishing to take a defendant’s deposition must travel to where the defendant is located–until now. In Okada v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, the Nevada Supreme Court did away with this general principle and instead provided five-factors that must be considered when a party Read More…
Archives for April 2018
Res Ipsa Loquitur In Nevada Medical Malpractice Actions
As background, in 2002 Nevada was dealing with a significant medical malpractice insurance crisis in which doctors were leaving the state due to ever-increasing malpractice premiums. In an effort to deter frivolous medical malpractice litigation and stabilize insurance premiums, the Nevada legislature enacted NRS 41A.071. This statute requires a trial court to dismiss a medical Read More…
The Art Of Assigned Claims
In the context of large construction defect litigation, we are seeing more partial settlement strategies involving assignments of claims. The most common is when the Developer/General Contractor agrees as part of a partial global settlement to assign its indemnity claims against one or more of the Non-Settling Subcontractor Cross-Defendants to the Plaintiff. In theory, this Read More…
