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Nevada Supreme Court Holds Negligent Decision To Discharge Patient Is Medical Malpractice Claim, Not Ordinary Negligence

January 30, 2026

Scott Freeman was discharged in the middle of the night from Renown Regional Medical Center after being treated for mere hours. Scott’s wife, Melissa Freeman, was traveling at the time, and thus, there was no adult in the home to receive Scott or provide him with care following his discharge. [...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds Medical Provider May Be Liable For Patient’s Suicide

August 6, 2025

The Supreme Court of the State of Nevada stated in its Opinion filed on June 12, 2025: “In the instant medical malpractice action alleged that a medical provider’s negligence in treating his patient caused the patient to die by suicide. The district court granted summary judgment in favo[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Rules Informed Consent And Assumption Of Risk Defense Not Relevant In Medical Malpractice Cases

December 23, 2023

In its Opinion filed on December 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated: “In these appeals, we consider whether defendants to a medical malpractice action may defend by arguing, or otherwise present evidence concerning, the plaintiff s in[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Remands Nursing Home Claim To Determine If It Was For Medical Negligence

January 18, 2023

Nursing Home Claim: Was It Medical Negligence? – In its opinion dated October 27, 2022, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated: “In this opinion we both clarify the relationship between Nevada’s professional negligence statutes, NRS Cha[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Holds Nurse’s Negligence In Administering Drug To Wrong Patient Is Ordinary Negligence

August 20, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated in its opinion filed on July 9, 2020: “we consider whether a nurse’s mistake in administering a drug to one patient, when the drug was prescribed to a different patient, as well as the alleged failure to[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Remands Medical Malpractice Case For Consideration Of Ordinary Negligence Claims

November 6, 2019

By Order dated October 21, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) stated: “The district court concluded that the deficiency in Dolorfino’s [plaintiff’s] medical malpractice claim rendered her entire complaint void ab initio and dismissed[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Discusses Medical Monitoring Claims In Medical Malpractice Cases

January 30, 2015

In its decision filed on December 31, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) held that a plaintiff may state a cause of action for negligence with medical monitoring as the remedy without asserting that he or she has suffered a present physical injury, n[...]

Nevada Supreme Court Reinstates Medical Malpractice Case

September 23, 2014

In its decision dated September 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Supreme Court”) reinstated a Nevada medical malpractice case that had been dismissed by the trial court because the plaintiff’s expert affidavit attached to her medical malpractice complai[...]

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