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ANDREW FRYE, M.D. AND MICHAEL LUNDBERG, D.O., Petitioners, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK AND THE HONORABLE JOSEPH HARDY, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, JOANNA EMMETT, INDIVIDUALLY, ESTATE OF WILLIAM WALL EMMETT AND JOANNA L. EMMETT, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM WALL EMMETT AND THE ESTATE THEREOF, Real Parties in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This original writ petition challenges a district court order denying a motion for summary judgment in a professional negligence action. Having considered the petition and its documentation, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing such relief is warranted); Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to entertain a writ petition). Generally, we will not consider writ petitions challenging orders denying motions for summary judgment, and we are not persuaded that any exception to the general rule applies here. Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 113 Nev. 1343, 1344-45, 950 P.2d 280, 281 (1997). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
Herndon, C.J.
Bell, J.
Stiglich, J.
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Docket No: No. 90561
Decided: August 15, 2025
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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