COOK v. SUNRISE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, LLC

Nos. 47220, 48414.

194 P.3d 1214 (2008)

Linda F. COOK and Frank Cook, Individually and as Husband and Wife, Appellants, v. SUNRISE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, LLC, Respondent. Linda F. Cook and Frank Cook, Individually and as Husband and Wife, Appellants, v. Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, LLC, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sterling Law, LLC, and Beau Sterling, Las Vegas; Cobeaga Law Firm and J. Mitchell Cobeaga, Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC, and Michael T. Koptik and Lisa D. Parker, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Before The Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, GIBBONS, C.J.:

These appeals center on a "mere happening" jury instruction—an instruction asserting that the mere happening of an accident is, by itself, an insufficient basis for liability—given by the district court in a medical malpractice action. Initially, we must determine whether appellants preserved for our review their objection to respondent's proposed jury instruction. We conclude that appellants' objection...

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