{"id":887783,"date":"2016-03-22T17:08:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T23:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=887783"},"modified":"2016-03-22T17:08:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T23:08:54","slug":"nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark W. Frilot | The Dispute Resolver<\/a> | March 16, 2016<\/p>\n

The Nevada Supreme Court recently ruled that a party defendant waived its right to compel arbitration<\/a> due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation.\u00a0 The court also clarified Nevada jurisprudence regarding whether the court or arbitrator should decide if a party waived its right to compel arbitration by that party\u2019s litigation activities.\u00a0 While not a construction case, Nevada courts might apply the same principles in pending construction matters, so the case is instructive.<\/p>\n

Principal Investments, Inc. v. Harrison<\/em>, 2016 WL 166011 (Nev. 2016), concerned a class action for fraud against a payday loan company and its process server related to default judgments the company obtained in prior litigations using affidavits of service allegedly falsified by the process server.\u00a0 The loan company defendant sought to compel the class action plaintiffs to arbitrate their claims based on arbitration provisions in the loan documents.<\/p>\n

After discussing the general criteria Nevada courts apply to determine whether the court or the arbitrator should decide waiver, the court determined that courts presumptively should decide issues of waiver based on litigation activities, \u201cunless the arbitration agreement clearly commits the question to the arbitrator.\u201d\u00a0 Id.<\/em> at *1.\u00a0 While the loan agreements at issue provided that issues regarding the validity, scope, enforceability, and applicability of the arbitration clauses<\/a> were subject to arbitration, the court did not find \u201cclear and unmistakable intent\u201d by the parties to arbitrate issues of waiver based on litigation activities.\u00a0 Id.<\/em> at *7.<\/p>\n

Regarding the merits of the waiver, the court found that the loan company\u2019s litigation activities in the prior litigations in which the company obtained the default judgments against the plaintiffs waived the company\u2019s right to demand arbitration of the plaintiffs\u2019 current claims.\u00a0 The court acknowledged prior jurisprudence and that \u201conly prior litigation of the same legal issues as those the party now wants to arbitrate results in waiver of the right to arbitrate.\u201d\u00a0 Id.<\/em> at *8.\u00a0 However, the court found that \u201c[t]he claims the named plaintiffs have asserted in district court arise of, and are integrally related to the litigation Rapid Cash conducted in justice court.\u201d\u00a0 Id.<\/em> at *9.\u00a0 The court also stated the arbitration agreements \u201cshould not be applied to sanctify a fraud upon the court allegedly committed by the party who itself elected a litigation forum for its claim.\u201d\u00a0 Id.<\/em><\/p>\n

A copy of the decision is linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark W. Frilot | The Dispute Resolver | March 16, 2016 The Nevada Supreme Court recently ruled that a party defendant waived its right to compel arbitration due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation.\u00a0 The court also clarified Nevada jurisprudence regarding whether the court or arbitrator should decide if a party… Continue reading Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[42,152],"class_list":["post-887783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arbitration","tag-arbitration-2","tag-nevada","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nNevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation - Advise & Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nevada SC recently ruled that a party defendant waived right to compel arbitration due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation - Advise & Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nevada SC recently ruled that a party defendant waived right to compel arbitration due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Advise & Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Advise-Consult-Inc-126949043996790\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-22T23:08:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@adviseconsult\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@adviseconsult\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0a11abe008083d5fb19c2b0feefe7bd7\"},\"headline\":\"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-22T23:08:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/\"},\"wordCount\":409,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"arbitration\",\"Nevada\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Arbitration\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/\",\"name\":\"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation - Advise & Consult, Inc.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-22T23:08:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Nevada SC recently ruled that a party defendant waived right to compel arbitration due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Advise & Consult, Inc.\",\"description\":\"Construction Expert Witnesses\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Advise & Consult\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AC-Red-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AC-Red-Logo.png\",\"width\":162,\"height\":75,\"caption\":\"Advise & Consult\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Advise-Consult-Inc-126949043996790\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/adviseconsult\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/204526\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MrConstructionExpert\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0a11abe008083d5fb19c2b0feefe7bd7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b01e71b7acadd7657af782b7ad1a30cc?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b01e71b7acadd7657af782b7ad1a30cc?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.expertwitnessinconstruction.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation - Advise & Consult, Inc.","description":"The Nevada SC recently ruled that a party defendant waived right to compel arbitration due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation - Advise & Consult, Inc.","og_description":"The Nevada SC recently ruled that a party defendant waived right to compel arbitration due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation","og_url":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/","og_site_name":"Advise & Consult, Inc.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Advise-Consult-Inc-126949043996790\/","article_published_time":"2016-03-22T23:08:54+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@adviseconsult","twitter_site":"@adviseconsult","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0a11abe008083d5fb19c2b0feefe7bd7"},"headline":"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation","datePublished":"2016-03-22T23:08:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/"},"wordCount":409,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["arbitration","Nevada"],"articleSection":["Arbitration"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/","url":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/","name":"Nevada Supreme Court Finds Waiver of Right to Arbitrate Based on Separate, But Related Litigation - Advise & Consult, Inc.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-03-22T23:08:54+00:00","description":"The Nevada SC recently ruled that a party defendant waived right to compel arbitration due to its litigation conduct in a separate, but related litigation","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/nevada-supreme-court-finds-waiver-of-right-to-arbitrate-based-on-separate-but-related-litigation\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/","name":"Advise & Consult, Inc.","description":"Construction Expert Witnesses","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Advise & Consult","url":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AC-Red-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AC-Red-Logo.png","width":162,"height":75,"caption":"Advise & Consult"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Advise-Consult-Inc-126949043996790\/","https:\/\/x.com\/adviseconsult","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/204526\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MrConstructionExpert"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0a11abe008083d5fb19c2b0feefe7bd7","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b01e71b7acadd7657af782b7ad1a30cc?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b01e71b7acadd7657af782b7ad1a30cc?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.expertwitnessinconstruction.com"]}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ztG6-3IX5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":887784,"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887783\/revisions\/887784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}