HARPER v. COPPERPOINT MUTUAL INS. HOLDING

No. 82158.

509 P.3d 55 (2022)

138 Nev. Adv. Opn. 33

Daria HARPER, an Individual; and Daniel Wininger, an Individual, Appellants, v. COPPERPOINT MUTUAL INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY, an Arizona Corporation; Copperpoint General Insurance Company, an Arizona Corporation; Law Offices of Marshall Silberberg, P.C., a California Corporation; Kenneth Marshall Silberberg, a/k/a Marshall Silberberg, a/k/a K. Marshall Silberberg, an Individual, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Filed May 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blumberg Law Corporation and John P. Blumberg , Long Beach, California; Maier Gutierrez & Associates and Jason R. Maier , Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Hooks Meng & Clement and Dalton L. Hooks, Jr. , and Sami N. Randolph , Las Vegas, for Respondents Copperpoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company and Copperpoint General Insurance Company.

McBride Hall and Robert C. McBride and Heather S. Hall , Las Vegas; Kjar, McKenna & Stockalper, LLP, and Robert L. McKenna, III , James J. Kjar , and Jon R. Schwalbach , El Segundo, California, for Respondents Law Offices of Marshall Silberberg, P.C., and Kenneth Marshall Silberberg.

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, HARDESTY, STIGLICH, and HERNDON, JJ.


OPINION

This appeal implicates the scope of NRS 42.021, Nevada's codification of the collateral source rule as it pertains to medical malpractice lawsuits. Subsection 1 of that statute provides that "[i]n an action for injury or death against a provider of health care based upon professional negligence...

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