REPUBLIC SILVER STATE DISPOSAL v. CASH

No. 78572.

478 P.3d 362 (2020)

136 Nev. Adv. Opn. 88

REPUBLIC SILVER STATE DISPOSAL, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Appellant, v. Andrew M. CASH, M.D.; Andrew M. Cash, M.D., P.C., a/k/a Andrew Miller Cash, M.D., P.C.; and Desert Institute of Spine Care, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed December 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barron & Pruitt, LLP, and David Barron and John D. Barron , North Las Vegas; Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP and Daniel F. Polsenberg , Joel D. Henriod , and Abraham G. Smith , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

McBride Hall and Robert C. McBride and Heather S. Hall , Las Vegas, for Respondents.

BEFORE PICKERING, C.J., GIBBONS and STIGLICH, JJ.


OPINION

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