- Steve Klearman | January 12, 2011 5:40 PM | Reno, NV
Under the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act (NIIA), an injured employee may receive workers’ compensation benefits for injuries that arise out of and occur within the course of the...
- Steve Klearman | January 10, 2011 5:43 PM | Reno, NV
In Nevada, the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act (NIIA) provides for compensation for injuries arising out of and within the course of employment . The NIIA requires injured employees to provide...
- Steve Klearman | August 31, 2008 11:31 AM | Reno, NV
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. AMERICAN HARDWARE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 31 (May 29, 2008) In an opinion issued in May, the Nevada Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether,...
- Steve Klearman | August 04, 2008 1:17 PM | Reno, NV
The Nevada Supreme Court issued a decision last week in Vredenburg v. Sedgwick CMS allowing surviving family members to recover workers' compensation death benefits under certain circumstances when...
- Peter Wetherall | June 18, 2008 2:15 AM | Las Vegas, NV
Workplace Injuries on Rise at construction sites in Las Vegas.
- Steve Klearman | November 30, 2007 8:07 AM | Reno, NV
Yes, more wierdness in a case that's had it's share. First, Mack stabs his wife to death and shoots a judge (always the best way to endear oneself to the legal community about to determine your fate).Darren Mack flees, he's talked into coming back by the D.A. (of all people).Darren Mack pleads guilty (before putting on a defense); now he's changed his mind, fired attorney Scott Freeman (Mack...
- Steve Klearman | November 22, 2005 8:40 AM | Reno, NV
Are businesses in Nevada liable when their employees assault others while on the job? The Nevada Supreme Court has never really thought so and still doesn't.The Court recently affirmed its longstanding views in this regard in set of holdings on this issue in Wood v. Safeway, decided on October 20, 2005. There, Jane Doe, a mentally handicapped woman, was working for Safeway Stores when she was...