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OTAK NEVADA, L.L.C. v. EIGHT JUD. DIST. CT.

No. 59050.

312 P.3d 491 (2013)

OTAK NEVADA, LLC, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF the STATE of Nevada, in and for the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Doug Smith, District Judge, Respondents, and Pacificap Construction Services, LLC; Pacificap Properties Group, LLC; Pacificap Holdings XXIX, LLC; Chad I. Rennaker; Jason Q. Rennaker; Cheyenne Apartments PPG, LP; and Christopher Watkins, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Polich & Purdy, LLP, and Nicholas M. Wieczorek , Las Vegas, for Petitioner Otak Nevada, LLC.

Bauman Loewe Witt & Maxwell, PLLC, and Whitney C. Wilcher , Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest Chad I. Rennaker and Jason Q. Rennaker.

Christiansen Law Offices and Peter S. Christiansen , Richard E. Tanasi , and Kristina Weller , Las Vegas; Law Office of Daniel S. Simon and Daniel S. Simon , Las Vegas; Lewis & Roca, LLP, and Daniel F. Polsenberg and Joel D. Henriod , Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest Christopher Watkins.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, and Josh C. Aicklen , Mark J. Brown , and Stephanie J. Smith , Las Vegas; Sterling Law, LLC, and Beau Sterling , Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest Cheyenne Apartments PPG, LP; Pacificap Holdings XXIX, LLC; Pacificap Properties Group, LLC; Chad I. Rennaker; and Jason Q. Rennaker.

Thagard, Reiss & Brown, LLP, and Thomas Friedman , Las Vegas, for Real Party in Interest Pacificap Construction Services, LLC.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

Under NRS 17.245(1)(b), a defendant who enters into "a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment ... in good faith" is "discharge[d] ... from all liability for contribution and for equitable indemnity to any other [defendant]." The questions we are asked to decide in this original writ proceeding are: (1) If a defendant settles in good faith, does NRS 17.245(1)(b) bar "de facto" claims for contribution...

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