YELLOW CAB COMPANY OF RENO INC v. LYNDA JEAN MAHORTER AND DARRYL LEE FORD (2026)

Court of Appeals of Nevada.

YELLOW CAB COMPANY OF RENO, INC., Petitioner, v. THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHOE; AND THE HONORABLE KATHLEEN A. SIGURDSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, LYNDA JEAN MAHORTER AND DARRYL LEE FORD, Real Parties in Interest.

No. 92667-COA

Decided: June 09, 2026

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a district court order denying summary judgment in a torts matter. A writ of mandamus is available to compel the performance of an act that the law requires as a duty resulting from an office, NRS 34.160, or to control an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion, Int'l Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct., 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179 P.3d 556, 558 (2008). The decision to entertain a petition for extraordinary writ relief is within our sole discretion, and the petitioner has the burden of demonstrating that such relief is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). Having considered the petition and the supporting documents, we conclude that petitioner has not carried its burden of demonstrating that extraordinary relief is warranted. Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Bulla, C.J.

Gibbons, J.

Westbrook, J.

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