Lund v. Eighth Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Clark

OPINION

By the Court,

Gibbons, J.:

In this petition, we address the narrow issue of whether a defendant may; under NRCP 13(h), bring a counterclaim that adds new parties to an action. Under that rule, if there is at least one original party included in the counterclaim, a defendant may add new parties to the action through a counterclaim as long as the nonparty meets the joinder requirements under NRCP 19 or 20. We take this opportunity to address this discrete issue and, while the dispute presented in this original proceeding does not warrant this court’s expedited or emergency review, we…