NALDER v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 78085, No. 78243.

462 P.3d 677 (2020)

Cheyenne NALDER, an Individual; and Gary Lewis, Petitioners and Real Parties in Interest, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; the Honorable David M. Jones, District Judge; and the Honorable Eric Johnson, District Judge, Respondents, and United Automobile Insurance Company, Real Party in Interest. Gary Lewis, Petitioner, v. The Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Clark; and the Honorable Eric Johnson, District Judge, Respondents, and United Automobile Insurance Company; and Cheyenne Nalder, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED April 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christensen Law Offices, LLC, and Thomas Christensen , Las Vegas; E. Breen Arntz , Chtd., and E. Breen Arntz , Las Vegas, for Petitioner Gary Lewis.

Stephens & Bywater, P.C., and David A. Stephens , Las Vegas, for Petitioner/Real Party in Interest Cheyenne Nalder.

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP and Daniel F. Polsenberg , Joel D. Henriod , J. Christopher Jorgensen , and Abraham G. Smith , Las Vegas; Winner & Sherrod and Matthew J. Douglas , Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest United Automobile Insurance Company.

BEFORE GIBBONS, STIGLICH and SILVER, JJ.


OPINION

These writ petitions arise from litigation involving a 2007 automobile accident where Gary Lewis struck then-minor Cheyenne Nalder. A default judgment was entered against Gary after he and his insurer, United Automobile Insurance Company (UAIC), failed to defend Cheyenne's tort action. After Cheyenne...

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