Legal Opinion
Rickard v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided September 2, 2004No. 38122PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This appeal concerns whether the five-year prescriptive period under NRCP 41(e) is tolled for the period that a stay is imposed by a debtor’s bankruptcy. Appellant David Rickard filed suit against respondent Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., and several other parties. Thereafter, Ward filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, which stayed Rickard’s action. Eventually, Rickard obtained relief from the stay and filed a motion for trial setting with the district court. Before the trial date, Ward and the other defendants filed a motion to dismiss for Rickard’s failure to bring the matter to…
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