Tag: Nevada Public Records Act

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 31, 2020

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 31, 2020

ASSOC. RISK MGMT., INC. VS. IBANEZ

  • Are undocumented aliens who are injured while working for a Nevada employer eligible for monetary disability benefits.

IN RE: ESTATE OF HORST REVOCABLE TR.

  • What must a trustee include in a notice to beneficiaries under NRS 164.021 to trigger the 120-day limitation period challenging the validity of a trust.

MESI VS. MESI  

  • May a district court independently investigate facts in a pending matter by communicating ex parte with another court.
  • Should the second court stay an action where the same action is filed in two courts and a party contests the first court’s jurisdiction.

REPUBLIC SILVER STATE DISPOSAL, INC. VS. CASH  

  • When a tortfeasor settles with the plaintiff, may the tortfeasor assert a claim for contribution against a doctor who allegedly caused injuries in treating the original injury

DUONG, M.D. VS. FIELDEN HANSON ISAACS MIYADA ROBISON YEH, LTD  

  • May a district court blue-pencil an otherwise unenforceable noncompetition agreement pursuant to a provision therein allowing court modification to redeem unreasonable restrictive clauses.

LAS VEGAS METRO. POLICE DEP’T VS. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL   

  • Is the burden-shifting test adopted in Clark County School District v. Las Vegas Review-Journal, to help courts determine whether information that implicates individual privacy interest is subject to disclosure under Nevada Public Records Act (NPRA) one of general application or limited to investigative reports.
  • Does the disclosure of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) unit assignments implicate its officers’ nontrivial privacy interests.

SATICOY BAY, LLC SER. 133 MCLAREN VS. GREEN TREE SERV. LLC  

  • What is the effect of conclusive deed recitals pursuant to NRS 116.31166 on title disputes after a homeowner’s association lien foreclosure sale.

IN RE: ESTATE OF SCHEIDE, JR.  

  • How must a proponent of a lost will meet its burden of proof to show the will was in legal existence at a testator’s death.

KOSOR, JR. VS. OLYMPIA CO.’S, LLC  

  • Are comments made at an open homeowners’ association meeting protected by Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statutes.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 29, 2020

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 29, 2020

MOORE (MAURICE) VS. STATE

  • Is the mistaken belief as to a victim’s age a defense to the crime of lewdness with a child under the age of 16.

WYNN VS. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  • What qualifies as an official action or proceeding warranting application of the fair report privilege to one who reports on it.

BYRNE VS. SUNRIDGE BUILDERS, INC.

  • Must a claimant have filed a construction defect lawsuit within the grace period, not merely served and NRS Chapter 40 Notice, to preserve his or her claim after the 6-year statute of repose has run.

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NAT’L ASS’N VS. SFR INV.’S POOL 1, LLC

  • What statute of limitations applies to an action brought to enforce the Federal Foreclosure Bar.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for April 2, 2020

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for April 2, 2020

Cummings v. Barber

  • Does Nevada NRS 41A.100, Nevada’s res ipsa loquitur statute, apply where a surgeon fails to remove a foreign object that was implanted and left inside a patient’s body during a previous surgery.

Jaramillo v. Ramos

  • Must a plaintiff relying on NRS 41A.100, Nevada’s res ipsa loquitur statute’s presumption for a prima facie case of negligence in a medical malpractice action, provide expert testimony to survive a defendant’s summary judgment motion.

Jones v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n

  • Pursuant to NRS 104.3309, how must an enforcing party show that it had the right to enforce a note when it lost possession or acquired ownership of the note from a party that had the right to enforce it.

LVMPD v. Ctr. for Investigative Reporting

  • Does a requesting party, who requests nonconfidential public records from a governmental entity, prevail for the purposes of awarding attorney fees and costs when the parties reach an agreement that affords the requesting party access to the requested records before the court enters judgment on the merits.

145 E. Harmon II Tr. v. Res. at MGM Grand

  • Does a voluntary dismissal with prejudice convey prevailing party status on a defendant to allow the recovery of attorney fees and costs pursuant to NRS 18.010 and NRS 18.020.

In re Colman Family Revocable Living Tr.

  • Does NRS 111.781, which governs the effects of divorce on nonprobate transfers of property, revoke a spouse’s interest in property.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for March 26, 2020

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for March 26, 2020

Martinez Guzman v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct.

  • Does territorial jurisdiction under NRS 172.105 confine a grand jury to inquire into offenses committed within the respective county or counties that are part of their district.

State, DETR v. Sierra Nat’l Corp.

  • Does NRS 612.265 protect from disclosure a person’s or employing unit’s identity in response to a public records request to the Department of Employment, Training, & Rehabilitation’s Employment Security Division.

Berberich v. Bank of America

  • Do the limitations period for quiet title actions in NRS 11.080 run against an owner who is in undisputed possession of land.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for February 27, 2020

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for February 27, 2020

Chur v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct.

  • Can a corporate director or officer be held individually liable for breaching his or her fiduciary duty of care through gross negligence.

7510 Perla Del Mar Ave Tr. v. Bank of Am.

  • Does an offer to pay a superpriority amount in the future, once that amount is determined, constitute a tender sufficient to preserve a first deed of trust.

Coroner v. Las Vegas Review-Journal

  • Can the Coroner’s Office refuse to disclose a juvenile autopsy report once it has provided the report to a Child Death Review team under NRS 432B.407(6).
  • Does NRS 239.012 immunize a governmental entity from an award of attorney fees when the entity, in response to a records request, withholds public records in good faith.

Stark v. Lackey

  • Were comments posted to a public Facebook page criticizing a Nevada Department of Wildlife’s biologist’s handling of bears related to a matter of public interest such that they constituted good-faith communications entitled to anti-SLAPP protections.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 25, 2018

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 25, 2018

CLARK CTY. SCHOOL DIST. VS. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

  • How should a court determine if a government entity should redact information in a public records request.

WILLIAMS (GREGORY) VS. STATE

  • Did the district court err in denying a defendant’s Batson challenge to the State’s use of a peremptory strike to remove an African-American woman from the venire.
  • What is the procedure for admitting or excluding evidence to show that a young victim had the knowledge to contrive sexual allegations.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 18, 2018

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 18, 2018

MULKERN VS. DIST. CT. (CLARK CTY. DEP’T OF FAMILY SERV.’S)

  • Does NRS 432B.550(5)(a)’s sibling presumption apply after one of the siblings has been adopted.

PUB. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYS. OF NEVADA VS. NEVADA POLICY RESEARCH INST., INC.

  • Does the Nevada Public Records Act require the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) to disclose certain employment and pension payment information about its government retirees held in its computer database when sought through a public records request.

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