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Wendy PERKINS, APRN; and Dignity Health, a Foreign Corporation, d/b/a Dignity Health Medical Group Nevada, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Rob Bare, District Judge, Respondents, Vellene Taylor, Individually, and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Mason Samuel Taylor; and Ronald Taylor, Individually, Real Parties in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR OTHER EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF
This emergency petition for a writ of mandamus or other extraordinary relief challenges an oral September 6, 2019, ruling denying a motion in limine to exclude punitive damages.
Having reviewed the petition and supporting documents, we conclude that our extraordinary intervention is not warranted. In particular, trial is scheduled to commence soon, the district court has advised that the parties can revisit punitive damages and the evidence needed to support the request therefor, and petitioners have an adequate and speedy legal remedy in the form of an appeal from the final judgment. precluding writ relief. NRS 34.170; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 225, 88 P.3d 840, 841 (2004). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 79585
Decided: September 16, 2019
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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