Aaron Leigh-Pink v. Rio Properties, LLC
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
AARON LEIGH-PINK; TANA No. 19-17556
EMERSON,
Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 2:17-cv-02910- v. GMN-VCF
RIO PROPERTIES, LLC, ORDER
Defendant-Appellee.
Filed July 22, 2022
Before: Ronald M. Gould and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges, and Brian M. Cogan, * District Judge.
Order
* The Honorable Brian M. Cogan, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. LEIGH-PINK V. RIO PROPERTIES
SUMMARY **
Nevada Law
The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ fraudulent concealment and consumer fraud claims after the Nevada State Supreme Court answered a question the panel had certified to it.
The panel certified the following question:
For purposes of a fraudulent concealment claim, and for purposes of a consumer fraud claim under NRS § 41.600, has a plaintiff suffered damages if the defendant’s fraudulent actions caused the plaintiff to purchase a product or service that the plaintiff would not otherwise have purchased, even if the…