Humphries v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Clark

OPINION

By the Court,

Parraguirre, J.:

In the underlying premises liability action, the premises owner successfully moved the district court to order the plaintiffs to join the plaintiffs’ assailant as a defendant to the action, on the ground that the assailant is a party necessary to the litigation. NRCP 19 provides that a person must be joined as a party if the court cannot afford complete relief in that person’s absence. We conclude that the assailant was not a necessary party under NRCP 19 be*790cause the district court can afford complete relief to the parties, the defendant is able to implead…