In Malpractice Suit, Nevada High Court Modifies Attorney Fee Award

( October 23, 2024, 1:31 PM EDT) -- CARSON CITY, Nev. — In consolidated appeals of a malpractice suit over a 2009 surgery mishap, the Nevada Supreme Court largely affirmed rulings in favor of the prevailing plaintiff; however, the court modified an attorney fee award of more than $1.5 million to reflect a lesser fee award against two professional entities, with the court holding that “a vicariously liable professional entity cannot be held more liable than its principal and thus cannot owe more . . .  attorney fees than its principal.”...