STATE INDUS. INS. SYSTEM v. KHWEISS

No. 22120.

825 P.2d 218 (1992)

STATE INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM, an Agency of the State of Nevada, Appellant, v. Emad KHWEISS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Young, Gen. Counsel, Carson City, Arleen N. Kaizer, Associate Gen. Counsel, Las Vegas, for appellant.

H. Douglas Clark, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Around 1981, Emad Khweiss had a tumor surgically removed from his right shoulder. His physician advised him of its potential for regrowth. In July, 1985, while working at the Marrakech Restaurant, Khweiss fell and injured the same shoulder.

Khweiss filed a claim for worker's compensation in August of 1985, which SIIS denied on the ground that the agency could not substantiate his assertion that he was working on the date of the...

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