FREEMAN v. DIST. CT.

No. 33917.

1 P.3d 963 (2000)

Mark FREEMAN, Petitioner, v. The SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the state of Nevada, In and For the COUNTY OF WASHOE, and the Honorable Peter I. Breen, District Judge, Respondents, and West American Insurance Company and Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones Vargas and Gregory A. Brower and Albert F. Pagni, Reno, for Petitioner.

Allison, MacKenzie, Hartman, Soumbeniotis & Russell and Michael A. Pintar, Carson City, for Real Parties in Interest.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this petition we are asked if the appointment of the commissioner of insurance as an agent to receive service of legal process pursuant to NRS 680A.250,1 by itself, subjects a non-resident insurance company to personal jurisdiction in Nevada. We hold that it does not.

FACTS

In August of 1998, Mark Freeman filed an action against West American Insurance Company ("West American...

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