John Podesta (Partner-Las Vegas | San Francisco) and Chris Richardson (Of Counsel-Las Vegas) secured summary judgments in Clark County District Court, Las Vegas relating to anti-stacking for underinsured motorist coverage, defeating a bad faith claim where policy limits were offered but not paid within 30 days, and defeating the bad faith claim against the corporate parent as a matter of law. The insured challenged the proper amount of the policy limit for the accident, and asserted that the policy limits must be paid within 30 days under Nevada law once the policy limits offer was made, and therefore the delay showed a triable issue as to bad faith even if coverage was accepted and the limits paid. With regard to the delay, John and Chris presented the repeated correspondence showing the offer was made and requesting a response. As to priority and stacking of UIM coverage, they argued the policy was excess to the policy that covered the vehicle she was in and didn’t “stack” under Nevada law, meaning she could not recover under both the owner’s policy and her own policy. Because our client accepted coverage and paid the policy limit and showed the delays and lack of cooperation by the insured’s counsel, the court agreed that the time did not create a triable bad faith claim. The court did, however, order that interest be paid calculated from when the policy limits offer was made and the date of the payment. John and Chris were forced to make a second motion, and established that the corporate parent was a separate company and did not issue the policy in question. The court agreed and held that under Nevada law, only the company that issued the policy could be liable for bad faith. On both the coverage issue as to the subsidiary underwriting company and the finding on the corporate parent on bad faith, these decisions are precedent-setting. While an appeal is likely, we expect the Supreme Court to uphold these decisions given the record in the case.