Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 1, 2020

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for October 1, 2020

COTTER, JR. VS. KANE

  • Can a corporate nominal defendant in a derivative action challenge or defend the underlying merits of that action.
  • What must a court consider when determining whether a shareholder plaintiff adequately represents shareholders and thus has standing to bring a derivative action.

 TURNER (STEVEN) VS. STATE 

  • Does a defendant waive or forfeit a Bruton argument where the defendant moves to sever the trial on Bruton grounds but thereafter cooperates to redact the statements and neither objects to the statements at trial nor renews the Bruton argument before the admission of the statements to the jury.

 HARVEY (ALFRED) VS. STATE

  • Does NRS 175.101 preclude a judge other than the trial judge from deciding post-trial motions where there is no evidence that the trial judge is absent, deceased, sick, or disabled.

GONZALES (MELVIN) VS. STATE

  • What types of ineffective-assistance claims are permitted by NRS 34.810(1)(a).

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 27, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 27, 2018

GONOR VS. DALE

  • Does a deceased party’s actual date of death, or the suggestion of death filed on the record, trigger the 90-day time limitation prescribed in NRCP 25(a)(1) under which a motion to substitute the proper party in place of the deceased party must be filed in order to preclude dismissal.

CAPANNA, M.D. VS. ORTH C/W 70227

  • What constitutes improper jury nullification and golden rule arguments during closing argument.

HARRIS (AMMAR) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)

  • When can gruesome photographs of a victim’s injuries be properly admitted in a criminal case.

BRANCH BANKING & TR. CO. VS. GERRARD, ESQ.

  • When does a litigation malpractice claim accrue.

IN RE: ESTATE OF SARGE

  • Is an order finally resolving a constituent consolidated case immediately appealable as a final judgment even where the other constituent case or cases remain pending.

COOPER (JAMES) VS. STATE

  • What evidence satisfies the prima facie showing of race-based discrimination to determine whether a peremptory challenge is improperly based on race.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for May 3, 2018

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for May 3, 2018

DOLORES VS. STATE, DEP’T OF EMPLOYMENT SEC. DIV.

  • Is submitting a resignation when faced with a resign-or-be-fired option a voluntary resignation under NRS 612.380, thereby disqualifying an individual from unemployment benefits.

LAS VEGAS DEV. GRP., LLC VS. BLAHA

  • Do the time limitations in NRS 107.080(5)-(6) (2010) bar an action challenging an NRS Chapter 107 nonjudicial foreclosure where it is alleged that the deed of trust had been extinguished before the sale.

COTTER, JR. VS. DIST. CT. (COTTER)

  • Do documents disclosed to third parties constitute waiver of the work-product privilege.

MEI-GSR HOLDINGS, LLC VS. PEPPERMILL CASINOS, INC.

  • Does NRS 600A.030, Nevada’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (NTSA), preclude a defendant from demonstrating that certain information is readily ascertainable and not a trade secret even though the defendant acquired the information through improper means.

FITZGERALD VS. MOBILE BILLBOARDS, LLC

  • Were allegedly defamatory statements made by an employer regarding an employee’s alleged abuse of the workers’ compensation program to obtain prescription pain medication, a violation of NRS 616D.300, absolutely privileged.

IN RE: MATTER OF E.R. C/W 73198

  • Does a familial placement preference survive the termination of parental rights.

COLEMAN (SOLOMON) VS. STATE

  • Does NRS 200.604 prohibit a person from copying, without permission, a consensually recorded video depicting sexual acts.

MORGAN (JOHN) VS. STATE

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for September 14, 2017

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for September 14, 2017

FACKLAM VS. HSBC BANK USA

  • Does NRS 11.190(1)(b)’s statute of limitations for contract actions apply to nonjudicial foreclosures.

DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC VS. BUCKLES

  • Does NRS 200.620, which requires both parties to consent to the recording of a telephone call, apply to the recording of interstate calls when the act of recording takes place outside Nevada.

THOMAS (LACY) VS. DIST. CT. (STATE)

  • When a defendant requests a mistrial, does double jeopardy bar reprosecution when a prosecutor intentionally proceeds in a course of egregious and improper conduct that causes prejudice to the defendant.

 PROPERTY PLUS INV.’S, LLC VS. MORTG. ELEC. REGISTRATION SYS., INC.

  • Is an HOA limited to only one superpriority lien per parcel of property forever.
  • Does an HOA lien survive bankruptcy even though the homeowner’s personal obligation is extinguished upon a Chapter 7 discharge.

IN RE: DISH NETWORK DERIVATIVE LITIG. C/W 69012

  • What is the appropriate legal standard for a district court’s consideration of a company’s board of directors created special litigation committee’s (SLC) motion to defer to the SLC’s recommendation that derivative claims should be dismissed.

O.P.H. OF LAS VEGAS, INC. VS. OREGON MUT. INS. CO.

  • Does NRS 687B.360 require an insurance policy cancellation notice to contain a statement of a policyholder’s right to request additional information to be effective.
  • Under Nevada law, does an insurance broker who obtains an insurance policy for a client have a duty to monitor the client’s premium payments and to alert the client when the policy is about to be canceled for nonpayment of premiums.

PARAMETRIC SOUND CORP. VS. DIST. CT. (RAKAUSKAS)

  • Do shareholders lack standing to sue a corporation and its directors because the shareholders’ claims are derivative, not ones asserting direct injury.

PALIOTTA VS. STATE, DEP’T OF CORRECTONS

  • Did the State’s complete denial of an inmate’s request for either an Egyptian or kosher diet substantially burden the exercise of the inmate’s religious beliefs.

FRANCHISE TAX BD. VS. HYATT

  • Does the exception to government immunity for intentional torts and bad faith conduct survive the Nevada Supreme Court’s adoption of the federal test for discretionary function immunity.
  • Based on comity, is it reasonable to provide the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California (FTB) with the same protection of California law, to grant FTB immunity from punitive damages.
  • Are medical records mandatory in order to establish a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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