130 Nev., Advance Opinion 605 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
KELLY BARRETT, AN INDIVIDUAL; No. 63871 DEAN AND WENDY COOPER, HUSBAND AND WIFE; RICHARDS ZIEMELIS AND SHELLY CONNELL- ZIEMELIS, HUSBAND AND WIFE; FILED HARRY AND LISA BURGESS, AUG 0 7 2014 HUSBAND AND WIFE; MICHAEL SOUSOUAY, AN INDIVIDUAL; KIM COLBERT, AN INDIVIDUAL; JAMES AND KAREN TIPPEL, HUSBAND AND WIFE; ROSA MARTINEZ, AN INDIVIDUAL; JOSEPHINE MARTINEZ, AN INDIVIDUAL; RANDY AND JOHNNA REECE, HUSBAND AND WIFE; PATRICIA MONTEROS, AN INDIVIDUAL; DONALD ROBBINS AND HOPE ILEEN KELLER-ROBBINS, HUSBAND AND WIFE; LENA HAYCOCK, AN INDIVIDUAL; TRELYNN GUICE, AN INDIVIDUAL; ENRIQUE CABRERA, AN INDIVIDUAL; MARVIN AND ROSALYN RANDALL, HUSBAND AND WIFE; JOHN AND SUSAN POLYAK, HUSBAND AND WIFE; KENYETTA BANKS, AN INDIVIDUAL; AMANDA MATTOS, AN INDIVIDUAL; RONNE R. CRAMER AND CYNTHIA L. CRAMER, HUSBAND AND WIFE; RICHARD J. LAHEY AND DIANE C. LAHEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE; NICHOLAS D. MARQUEZ AND CATHERINE M. MARQUEZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE; DONALD J. WYMAN AND MACHELLE A. WYMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE; AND APRIL WASHINGTON, AN INDIVIDUAL, Petitioners, SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA
(0) 1947A ev, -L425-7I vs. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; AND THE HONORABLE ALLAN R. EARL, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and UPONOR INC., A MINNESOTA CORPORATION; RCR PLUMBING & MECHANICAL, INC. D/B/A RCR COMPANIES, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, Real Parties in Interest.
Petition for a writ of mandamus or, in the alternative, prohibition challenging a district court order requiring a subcontractor to provide NRS Chapter 40 prelitigation notice to another subcontractor, prior to filing a fourth-party complaint against it. Petition granted.
Canepa Riedy & Rubino and Scott K. Canepa and Terry W. Riedy, Las Vegas; Carraway & Associates and James D. Carraway, Las Vegas; Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, and Michael J. Gayan and J. Randall Jones, Las Vegas; Lynch, Hopper & Salzano, LLP, and Charles D. Hopper and Francis Lynch, II, Las Vegas; Maddox, Segerblom & Canepa, LLP, and Robert C. Maddox, Reno, for Petitioners.
Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara, LLP, and Peter C. Brown and Prescott T. Jones, Las Vegas; Hansen Rasmussen, LLC, and R. Scott Rasmussen and Vadim Veksler, Las Vegas; Helm & Associates and Kevin E. Helm, Las Vegas; Grotefeld, Hoffman, Schleiter, Gordon & Ochoa and Lindsay E. Dansdill, Howard L. Lieber, and John R. Schleiter, Chicago, Illinois, for Real Parties in Interest.
SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA (0) 1947A BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.'
OPINION By the Court, GIBBONS, C.J.: In this opinion, we address whether a defendant subcontractor must provide NRS Chapter 40 prelitigation notice, which is statutorily followed by an opportunity to repair, prior to filing a fourth-party complaint against a supplier. We conclude that nothing in NRS Chapter 40 requires this notice. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Petitioners, homeowners in the Tropical Breeze subdivision in Las Vegas, found allegedly defective plumbing parts in their residences. They provided NRS Chapter 40 notice to the general contractor/developer Centex Homes, informing it of this alleged defect. Centex then forwarded this notice to