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BAXTER v. DIGNITY HEALTH

No. 65064.

357 P.3d 927 (2015)

William Nathan BAXTER, Appellant, v. DIGNITY HEALTH, d/b/a St. Rose Dominican Hospitals; Brian Lipman, M.D.; Dulce Quiroz, M.D.; Syed Akbarullah, M.D.; Shalini Bhatia, D.O.; Jessica Gordon, D.O.; Nerie Jamison, DNP; and IPC the Hospitalist Company, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Logan , Las Vegas; Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates and Kenneth M. Sigelman , San Diego, CA, for Appellant.

Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders and LeAnn Sanders and Shirley Blazich , Las Vegas, for Respondent Dignity Health.

Carroll, Kelly, Trotter, Franzen, McKenna & Peabody and Robert C. McBride and Heather S. Hall , Las Vegas, for Respondent Brian Lipman, M.D.

John H. Cotton & Associates, Ltd., and John H. Cotton and John J. Savage , Las Vegas, for Respondents Dulce Quiroz, M.D., Shalini Bhatia, D.O.; Jessica Gordon, D.O.; Nerie Jamison, DNP; and IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc.

Holland Litigation PLLC and Matthew G. Holland , Henderson; Schuering Zimmerman & Doyle, LLP, and Thomas J. Doyle , Sacramento, California, for Respondent Syed Akbarullah, M.D.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a medical malpractice action under NRS 41A.071. Adopted in 2002 to curb baseless malpractice litigation, NRS 41A.071 provides that a district court shall dismiss a medical malpractice action "if the action is filed without an affidavit" or declaration...

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