October 24, 2023, Oral Arguments
Armstrong vs. Las Vegas Post Acute & Rehab., LLC
William S. Boyd School of Law – UNLV/Moot Courtrooom – 1:30 p.m. – Court of Appeals
Young (Andrew) vs. State
William S. Boyd School of Law – UNLV/Moot Courtrooom – 2:00 p.m. – Court of Appeals
Armstrong vs. Las Vegas Post Acute & Rehab., LLC
Docket No. 84007-COA
William S. Boyd School of Law UNLV/Moot Courtrooom – 1:30 p.m. – Court of Appeals
Appellant Mariel Armstrong, as an individual and as special administrator of her father Roy Armstrong’s estate, brought a medical malpractice action against respondents Las Vegas Post-Acute & Rehabilitation, LLC, dba Las Vegas Post Acute and Rehabilitation and Meridian Management Services, LLC. The district court granted respondents’ motion to strike Armstrong’s medical experts and subsequently granted respondents’ motion for summary judgment because Armstrong’s claims were no longer supported by expert medical testimony. On appeal, the issues before the court are whether: (1) the district court abused its discretion in striking Armstrong’s expert witnesses because she did not violate a discovery order, and (2) the district court erred in granting respondents’ motion to strike Armstrong’s expert witnesses without an evidentiary hearing when the sanction was, in effect, case-concluding.
Young (Andrew) vs. State
Docket No. 83243
William S. Boyd School of Law UNLV/Moot Courtrooom – 2:00 p.m. – Court of Appeals
This is an appeal by Andrew Young from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict. Young was convicted of 12 counts of burglary, four counts of larceny from the person, victim 60 years of age or older, three counts of fraudulent use of a credit or debit card, and grand larceny. Young raises 12 issues on appeal, including that the district court should have granted his motion for mistrial, or at the least excused a juror who had submitted a note to the presiding judge asking whether the juror could reimburse the victims for their losses. Young argues that the juror’s conduct demonstrated misconduct or bias, and the juror should have been excused. The district court allowed the juror to remain on the jury panel for the entirety of the trial. Young was later sentenced to multiple consecutive terms of life in prison, and he challenges the sentencing too.