LABARBERA VS. WYNN LAS VEGAS, LLC

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

Respondent Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, filed a breach of contract action to collect $1,000,000 *139 in unpaid casino markers from appellant Mario LaBarbera. In this appeal, we must determine whether the district court erred when it precluded LaBarbera from testifying at trial by video conference from Italy and excluded evidence of his intoxication.

We conclude that the district court abused its discretion under the Nevada Supreme Court Rules Part IX-B(B) when its written order summarily denied LaBarbera's request to testify at trial using audiovisual equipment. While…