Document Type
Case Summary
Publication Date
9-24-2015
Case Synopsis
NRS 7.085 allows a district court to make an attorney personally liable for the attorney fees and costs an opponent incurs when the attorney files, maintains or defends a civil action that is not well-grounded in fact or is not warranted by existing law or by a good faith argument for changing the existing law. The Court considered (1) whether NRCP 11 supersedes NRS 7.085 in sanctioning a law firm and (2) whether the district court abused its discretion in sanctioning the law firm under under NRS 7.085. The Court held NRCP 11 does not supersede NRS § 7.085 because each represents an independent method for sanctioning attorneys. The Court also found the district court abused its discretion in sanctioning the petitioner under NRS § 7.085 without making adequate findings.
Recommended Citation
Rieke, Lena, "Watson Rounds v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 79 (Sept. 24, 2015)" (2015). Nevada Supreme Court Summaries. 924.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/nvscs/924