Case Name: Kevin FEAGINS; Yolanda Feagins; Kevin Feagins, Jr.; Joshua Feagins; Andre Feagins; Jonathan Feagins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRUMP ORGANIZATION; Trump Ruffin Tower I, LLC; Trump International Hotel & Tower-Las Vegas Unit Owners Association; Trump Ruffin Commercial, LLC; Otis Elevator Co., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-12-18
Citations: 624 F. App'x 967
Docket Number: No. 13-17359
Parties: Kevin FEAGINS; Yolanda Feagins; Kevin Feagins, Jr.; Joshua Feagins; Andre Feagins; Jonathan Feagins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRUMP ORGANIZATION; Trump Ruffin Tower I, LLC; Trump International Hotel & Tower-Las Vegas Unit Owners Association; Trump Ruffin Commercial, LLC; Otis Elevator Co., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 624
Pages: 967–968

Head Matter:
Kevin FEAGINS; Yolanda Feagins; Kevin Feagins, Jr.; Joshua Feagins; Andre Feagins; Jonathan Feagins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRUMP ORGANIZATION; Trump Ruffin Tower I, LLC; Trump International Hotel & Tower-Las Vegas Unit Owners Association; Trump Ruffin Commercial, LLC; Otis Elevator Co., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-17359.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 7, 2015.
Filed Dec. 18, 2015.
Bradley Paul Elley, Esquire, Law Offices of Bradley Paul Elley, Esq., Incline Village, NV, Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Josh Cole Aicklen, Esquire, David Brian Avakian, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Rebecca L. Mastrangelo, Esquire, Rogers, Mastrangelo, Carvalho & Mitchell, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: KOZINSKI, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The district court erred by holding that Nevada law requires expert testimony for a claim of products liability. Krause Inc. v. Little, 117 Nev. 929, 34 P.3d 566, 571-72 (2001). Where there are no alternative explanations for a malfunction, Nevada law requires only evidence of an unexpected and dangerous malfunction to establish a defect. See e.g., Stackiewicz v. Nissan Motor Corp. in U.S.A., 100 Nev. 443, 686 P.2d 925, 928 (1984). The declarations made by members of the Feagins family, in conjunction with the videotape that depicted the events that occurred inside the elevator, provided sufficient evidence to survive Otis Elevator Co.'s motion for summary judgment.
The district court's opinion was otherwise correct. The Feagins presented'no direct evidence of negligence by Trump. Nor could a jury infer negligence under a theory of res ipsa loquitur because, at most, Trump exercised joint control over the elevator with Otis Elevator Co. Fireman's Fund Am. Ins. Cos. v. Knobbe, 93 Nev. 201, 562 P.2d 825, 825-26 (1977); Landmark Hotel & Casino, Inc. v. Moore, 104 . Nev. 297, 757 P.2d 361, 363 (1988). The Feagins presented no evidence showing "oppression, fraud or malice" as required for punitive damages. Nev.Rev. Stat. § 42.005. And the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to reopen discovery given the Feagins' lack of diligence both in fading to seek a schedule modification before the close of discovery and in failing to generate an expert report during the discovery period. See e.g., Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir.1992); Nidds v. Schindler Elevator Corp., 113 F.3d 912, 921 (9th Cir.1996).
We VACATE and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this disposition. The Feagins shall bear Trump's costs on appeal. Otis shall bear the Feag-ins' and its own costs on appeal.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. We use the term "Trump" to refer to all Trump defendants: the Trump Organization; Trump Ruffin Tower I, LLC; Trump International Hotel & Tower-Las Vegas Unit Owners Association; and Trump Ruffin Commercial, LLC.