Valley Health Sys., LLC v. Estate of Doe

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

In this consolidated direct appeal and original petition for a writ of mandamus, we consider an order in which the district court sanctioned a party for discovery violations and found that the party's attorneys violated Nevada Rule of Professional Conduct 3.3(a)(1) by making a false statement of fact or law to the district court.

First, we conclude that the district court acted within its discretion when it sanctioned the party. Second, we are asked to decide whether a district court's citation to the RPC in support of a determination of attorney misconduct causes…