TERRACON CONSULTANTS WESTERN, INC. v. MANDALAY RESORT GROUP

No. 47844.

206 P.3d 81 (2009)

TERRACON CONSULTANTS WESTERN, INC.; Terracon, Inc.; Lochsa, LLC; and Klai-Juba Architects, Ltd., Appellants, v. MANDALAY RESORT GROUP, f/k/a Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc.; Mandalay Development, f/k/a Circus Circus Development Corp.; and Mandalay Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Hart, LLP, and Gregory S. Gilbert and Sean D. Thueson, Las Vegas; McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan and Thomas R. Buchanan, Kansas City, MO, for Appellants, Terracon Consultants Western, Inc., and Terracon, Inc.

Weil & Drage, APC, and Jean A. Weil, Colin R. Harlow, and Anthony D. Platt, Las Vegas, for Appellants, Lochsa, LLC, and Klai-Juba Architects, Ltd.

Haney, Woloson & Mullins and Wade B. Gochnour, Las Vegas; Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Holley & Thompson and Dennis R. Haney and Shemilly A. Briscoe, Las Vegas; Niddrie, Fish & Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan, San Diego, CA; Girardi & Keese and David R. Lira and Shahram A. Shayesteh, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondents.

Beckley Singleton, Chtd., and Daniel F. Polsenberg, Las Vegas; Morris Polich Purdy, LLP, and Nicholas M. Wieczorek, Las Vegas, for Amici Curiae.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

By the Court, GIBBONS, J.:

The United States District Court for the District of Nevada has certified, under NRAP 5, the following questions to this court. Does the economic loss doctrine apply to contractors who solely provide services in construction defect cases? Does the economic loss doctrine apply in construction defect cases to design professionals, such as engineers and architects, who solely provide services, regardless of whether...

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