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Mark MUTCHLER; Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; and Elizabeth Chavez, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable James Crockett, District Judge, Respondents, Evelin Torres; Karen Gomez; Guadalupe Morales-Delgado; Maria Sanchez; and Salvador Hugo Gomez-Garcia, Real Parties in Interest.
ORDER DENYING WRIT PETITION
This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging a district court order dismissing a complaint in a tort action.
Having considered the petition and supporting documentation, we conclude that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is not warranted. Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 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). In particular, we are not persuaded that petitioners lack an adequate legal remedy in the form of an appeal. Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 224, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 841, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of establishing that such relief is warranted and that an appeal is generally an adequate remedy that precludes writ relief). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 80442
Decided: March 18, 2020
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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