ESTATE OF CURTIS v. SOUTH LAS VEGAS MEDICAL

No. 77810.

466 P.3d 1263 (2020)

136 Nev. Adv. Opn. 39

ESTATE OF Mary CURTIS, Deceased; Laura Latrenta, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Curtis; and Laura Latrenta, Individually, Appellants, v. SOUTH LAS VEGAS MEDICAL INVESTORS, LLC, d/b/a Life Care Center of South Las Vegas, f/k/a Life Care Center of Paradise Valley; South Las Vegas Investors Limited Partnership; Life Care Centers of America, Inc.; and Carl Wagner, Administrator, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

FILED July 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saltzman Mugan Dushoff and Michael D. Davidson , Las Vegas; Bossie, Reilly & Oh, P.C., and Melanie L. Bossie , Scottsdale, Arizona; Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., and Bennie Lazzara, Jr. , Tampa, Florida, for Appellants.

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP and Daniel F. Polsenberg , Joel D. Henriod , Abraham G. Smith , and Matthew R. Tsai , Las Vegas; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and S. Brent Vogel , Las Vegas, for Respondents.

BEFORE GIBBONS, STIGLICH and SILVER, JJ.


OPINION

NRS 41A.071 provides that if a party files an action for professional negligence against a provider of health care without a supporting medical expert affidavit, the district court must dismiss the action. In Szydel v. Markman, 121 Nev. 453, 459, 117 P.3d 200

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