VALLEY HEALTH SYS. v. ESTATE OF DOE

Nos. 70083, 71045.

427 P.3d 1021 (2018)

134 Nev. Adv. Opn. 76

VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company, d/b/a Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center; and Universal Health Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Jane DOE, BY AND THROUGH its Special Administrator, Misty PETERSON, Respondent. Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC; Michael Prangle, Esq.; Kenneth M. Webster, Esq.; and John F. Bemis, Esq., Petitioners, v. The Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Clark; and the Honorable Richard Scotti, District Judge, Respondents, and Misty Peterson, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jane Doe, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED September 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey Kennedy and Dennis L. Kennedy , Joseph A. Liebman , and Joshua P. Gilmore , Las Vegas; Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC, and Michael E. Prangle , Kenneth M. Webster , and John F. Bemis , Las Vegas, for Appellants/Petitioners.

Murdock & Associates, Chtd., and Robert E. Murdock , Las Vegas; Eckley M. Keach, Chtd., and Eckley M. Keach , Las Vegas, for Respondent Estate of Jane Doe and Real Party in Interest Misty Peterson, Special Administrator.

Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General, Ketan D. Bhirud , General Counsel, Gregory L. Zunino , Bureau Chief of Business and State Services, and Jordan T. Smith , Assistant Solicitor General, Carson City, for Respondents the Eighth Judicial District Court and The Honorable Richard Scotti, District Judge.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

In this consolidated direct appeal and original petition for a writ of mandamus, we consider an order in which the district court sanctioned a party for discovery violations and found that the party's attorneys violated Nevada Rule of Professional Conduct 3.3(a)(1) by making a false statement of...

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