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Summary Of Public Employees’ Benefits Prog. V. Lvmpd, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14, Meredith Holmes Mar 2008

Summary Of Public Employees’ Benefits Prog. V. Lvmpd, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 14, Meredith Holmes

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order granting declaratory relief to Las Vegas Metro Police Department (Metro) and Clark County, regarding whether the local government employers were required to subsidize their retirees’ Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP) premiums.


Summary Of Umc Physicians V. Nev. Serv. Emp. Union, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 9, William Miller Mar 2008

Summary Of Umc Physicians V. Nev. Serv. Emp. Union, 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 9, William Miller

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

This appeal clarifies the procedure and standard for filing a complaint with Nevada’s Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board (the “Board”), under NRS 288.110 and NRS 288.040. The Nevada Supreme Court held that a complainant need only be an employee organization as defined in NRS 228.040 and have a legally recognizable interest in a justiciable controversy in order to file a complaint.


Summary Of Manwill V. Clark County, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28, Erin Phillips Jul 2007

Summary Of Manwill V. Clark County, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 28, Erin Phillips

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from district court order denying judicial review in an occupational disease case.


Summary Of Mcgrath V. State, Dep’T Of Pub. Safety, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 15, Jeremy K. Cooper Jun 2007

Summary Of Mcgrath V. State, Dep’T Of Pub. Safety, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 15, Jeremy K. Cooper

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order denying a petition for judicial review of the appeals officer’s decision denying compensation, in a worker’s compensation case. The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s order.


Summary Of Flamingo Hilton V. Gilbert, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 108, Aubree Nielsen Dec 2006

Summary Of Flamingo Hilton V. Gilbert, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 108, Aubree Nielsen

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order denying a petition for judicial review in a workers’ compensation matter.


Summary Of Seput V. Lacayo, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 45, Christian Hale May 2006

Summary Of Seput V. Lacayo, 122 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 45, Christian Hale

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order granting a motion to dismiss an injured pest control worker's tort action against a homeowner for premises liability.


Summary Of Mitchell V. Clark County Sch. Dist., 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 21, Chris Orme May 2005

Summary Of Mitchell V. Clark County Sch. Dist., 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 21, Chris Orme

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Julie Mitchell, a Clark County classroom teacher, inexplicably fell down a flight of stairs while at work. The Court held that stairs, in and of themselves, and other things that are not peculiar to the employment environment, are not sufficiently dangerous to be the cause of a workers’ compensation claim.


Summary Of Mgm Mirage V. Cotton, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 39 , Ryan Hall Jan 2005

Summary Of Mgm Mirage V. Cotton, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 39 , Ryan Hall

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

When MGM Mirage employee Brenda Cotton walked through her employer’s parking lot ten minutes before her shift, she tripped over a parking lot curb and injured herself. Cotton sustained an ankle fracture and ligament tear. Deciding that Cotton had failed to prove that her injury arose out of her course of employment, MGM denied her workers’ compensation claim. MGM’s decision was upheld by a hearing officer, because the injury did not occur during working hours. The hearing officer’s decision was reversed on appeal. MGM’s petition for review was denied by the district court.


Summary Of Pope V. Motel 6, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 31, Collin Webster Jan 2005

Summary Of Pope V. Motel 6, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 31, Collin Webster

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

On April 5, 1996, Motel 6 hired Juanita Pope as a housekeeper. Within several months, Motel 6 promoted Ms. Pope to the position of head housekeeper. However, within the first fourteen months of Ms. Pope’s employment she was written up, warned, and suspended multiple times for tardiness and unsatisfactory job performance. In June 1997, Victoria Inman, manager of the Motel 6 where Ms. Pope worked, issued a verbal warning to Ms. Pope, telling her that she was to stop gossiping to other Motel 6 employees. Inman explained to Ms. Pope that such conduct was inappropriate for somebody in a management …


Summary Of State Ex Rel. Dep’T Of Transp. V. Pub. Employees’ Retirement Sys., 120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 4, Justen Ericksen Jan 2004

Summary Of State Ex Rel. Dep’T Of Transp. V. Pub. Employees’ Retirement Sys., 120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 4, Justen Ericksen

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Appeal from a district court order granting a petition for writ of mandamus in favor Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) directing state agency to pay PERS for back employee and employer contributions to the retirement system plus interest on behalf of five archeologists whom the agency treated as independent contractors rather than employees.


Summary Of Desert Valley Construction And Employers Insurance Company Of Nevada V. Keith Hurley, 120 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 55, Kirk Reynolds Jan 2004

Summary Of Desert Valley Construction And Employers Insurance Company Of Nevada V. Keith Hurley, 120 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 55, Kirk Reynolds

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Employers Desert Valley Construction and Employers Insurance Company of Nevada (EICN) appealed from an order denying their petition for judicial review of a workers’ compensation award in favor of respondent Keith Hurley.