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Archives for April 2009

Substitute Service Of Process Through The DMV

In 2006, the U.S. Department of Transportation estimated the number of registered vehicles on the road was 250,851,833. It is no wonder that Plaintiffs sometimes struggle to locate and serve a driver that has been involved in automobile accident. When face to face service is not possible, the State of Nevada provides Plaintiffs with a […]

An Expert Is An Expert, Is An Expert?

In the case of Staccato v. Valley Hospital, 123 Nev. 530, 170 P.3d 503, 505 (2007), the Nevada Supreme Court considered the question of which type of experts can give opinions in which disciplines. In Staccato, the Plaintiff hired an expert doctor to testify against the Defendant’s nurse. The nurse had given a “needle-phobic” patient […]