D.R. Horton, Inc. v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court, Gibbons, J.:

In this petition, we address the question of how district courts should determine the sufficiency of a pre-litigation notice of constructional defects under NRS 40.645. The parties and amici curaie1 invite us to examine the reasonableness of a pre-litigation notice that triggers a builder’s right to repair, or a claimant’s right to commence suit. Today, we provide district courts with a test and guidelines to measure the sufficiency of the pre-litigation notice.

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