NEVADA YELLOW CAB CORP. v. DIST. CT.

No. 46579.

152 P.3d 737 (2007)

NEVADA YELLOW CAB CORPORATION; Robert D. Vannah; and Vannah Costello Vannah & Ganz, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK, and the Honorable Valerie Adair, District Judge, Respondents, and Insurance Company of the West, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vannah & Vannah and Kristina R. Americo and Robert D. Vannah, Las Vegas, for Petitioners.

Phillips, Spallas & Angstadt, LLC, and John W. Kirk, Las Vegas; Hayes, Davis, Ellingson, McLay & Scott, LLP, and Steven Hayes, Robert McLay, and Cherie Sutherland, Sacramento, California, for Real Party in Interest.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order disqualifying counsel for petitioner Nevada Yellow Cab Corporation in an insurance bad faith action against Insurance Company of the West (ICW). ICW had previously retained the firm Vannah Costello Canepa Riedy & Rubino (VCCRR) to represent its insureds in tort actions brought by third parties. In one such case, VCCRR was retained by ICW to represent...

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