A proposed class action over medical liens asserted by a Nevada hospital is going back to a lower court because the health care provider was not given the opportunity to defend against two issues of summary judgment decided against it.

Nevada district court judges may grant summary judgment spontaneously, but they can only do so if they give the defending party an opportunity to fight summary judgment, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled.

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