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Nevada Mass Tort Survey

    

 

   

Mass Tort
Nevada
Survey Results



Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

None known.

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Definition of "mass tort"

None known.

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Procedural rules

Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 16(c)(11). Lists "the need for adopting special procedures for managing potentially difficult or protracted actions that may involve complex issues, multiple parties, difficult legal questions, or unusual proof problems" among the topics to be discussed at the pretrial conference. 

Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 16.1(f). Mandatory pretrial discovery requirements may be waived in complex litigation upon good cause shown.


Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 23.

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Statutes

No mass tort legislation exists, however, the Nevada Legislature adopted a framework for construction defect litigation at Nevada Revised Statutes 40.600-40.695.

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Case law

None known.

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Administrative orders

None known.

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Interlocutory appeal

Interlocutory orders of trial court may be reviewed in the appellate court by filing a petition for writ and by rule.

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Infrastructure: special dockets

Court has specialized panel of three judges to hear construction defect cases.

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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

An informal bench/bar committee meets to discuss construction defect-related matters.

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Case management

Construction defect cases are identified and assigned by the CMS specifically to judges assigned to hear these cases. Cases are manually tracked to disposition.

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Technology

Parties may stipulated to electronically file and/or serve documents.

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Last Modified: 8/29/2006 8:53:49 AM

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