FRANCIS v. WYNN LAS VEGAS, LLC

No. 54605.

262 P.3d 705 (2011)

Joseph FRANCIS, Appellant, v. WYNN LAS VEGAS, LLC, d/b/a Wynn Las Vegas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Office of Gary M. Pakele and Gary M. Pakele , Reno, for Appellant.

Pisanelli Bice PLLC and Todd L. Bice and Debra L. Spinelli , Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Before SAITTA, C.J., HARDESTY and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, SAITTA, C.J.:

In this appeal, we address several issues arising from a civil litigant's invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. The salient issue we consider is how, in response to a civil litigant's request for accommodation of his or her privilege, the district court should proceed in order to prevent the opposing party from being unfairly disadvantaged. As it pertains to this matter, we address...

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