Hon. Judge Kenneth Cory declared a mistrial in Yago v. Toyota, a case considering whether the Golden Nugget hotel and casino in Las Vegas had taken adequate steps to ensure the safety of the guard rails in its elevated self-parking structure. It turned out that the judge's son was represented by the plaintiff's firm in an unrelated lawsuit.

Marcinkowski v. Golden Nugget involves a multi-story parking garage at the Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas. Two vehicles broke through the guard rails and plunged to the ground, two- and four-stories below, killing or fatally injuring the vehicle occupants.