Lawrence v. Southwest Gas Corp.

OPINION

Pursuant to NRCP 36(a), appellants (plaintiffs below) were served a formal request to admit certain facts.1 Appellants served neither timely answers nor timely objections, and *434thus they admitted facts that negatived the existence of the claims alleged in their Amended Complaint. Thereafter, without moving for permission to withdraw or amend these admissions, appellants filed a belated “Answer to Demand for Admissions,” purporting to deny the matters already admitted by operation of NRCP 36. On motion, the district court granted summary judgment, from which appellants have appealed,…