HUMPHRIES v. EIGHTH JUD. DIST. CT.

No. 61690.

312 P.3d 484 (2013)

Carey HUMPHRIES, an Individual; and Lorenza Rocha, II, an Individual, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE of Nevada, In and for the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Michael Villani, District Judge, Respondents, and New York-New York Hotel & Casino, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company d/b/a New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig W. Drummond , Las Vegas; Hofland & Tomsheck and Joshua L. Tomsheck , Las Vegas, for Petitioners.

Kravitz, Schnitzer, Sloane & Johnson, Chtd., and Martin J. Kravitz and Kristopher T. Zeppenfeld , Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest.

BEFORE HARDESTY, PARRAGUIRRE and CHERRY, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, PARRAGUIRRE, J.:

In the underlying premises liability action, the premises owner successfully moved the district court to order the plaintiffs to join the plaintiffs' assailant as a defendant to the action, on the grounds that the assailant is a party necessary to the litigation. NRCP 19 provides that a person must be joined as a party if the court cannot afford complete relief in that person's absence. We conclude that the assailant...

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