Valley Health System, LLC v. Eighth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Clark

OPINION

By the Court,

Douglas, C.J.:

In this opinion, we review our rule regarding the waiver of an issue on appeal that is not first raised in the district court. We expand that rule to include the situation where a party fails to raise an issue before the discovery commissioner and, instead, raises the' issue for the first time before the district court. Further, we determine the scope of the privilege provided by NRS 439.875.

This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a district court’s order adopting the report and recommendation of the discovery commissioner to grant a…