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ARBELLA MUT. INS. CO. v. DIST. CT.

No. 45098.

134 P.3d 710 (2006)

ARBELLA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Massachusetts Corporation, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK, the Honorable Stewart L. Bell, District Judge, and the Honorable Douglas Herndon, District Judge, Respondents, and Anthony Mendes, Individually; and Muriel Morin, Individually, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rawlings Olson Cannon Gormley & Desruisseaux and Raymond E. McKay, James R. Olson, and Michael E. Stoberski, Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Glen J. Lerner & Associates and Paul D. Powell, Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest.

Before MAUPIN, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

HARDESTY, J.

In this original writ proceeding, we consider whether an automobile insurance company purposefully subjected itself to being sued in a Nevada forum by way of its policy's territory coverage clause. We conclude that, because insurance companies have the contractual ability to limit or expand the areas of their coverage, the petitioning insurance company purposefully availed itself of the Nevada forum by including Nevada within...

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