TIGHE v. LAS VEGAS METRO. POLICE DEP'T

No. 24187.

877 P.2d 1032 (1994)

Jack TIGHE, Appellant, v. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT and State Industrial Insurance System, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Wightman FitzSimmons, Las Vegas, for appellant.

J. Michael McGroarty, Las Vegas, R. Scott Young, Gen. Counsel, William A. Zeigler, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Jerome K. Osborn, Associate Gen. Counsel, State Indus. Ins. System, Carson City, for respondents.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

THE FACTS

On April 20, 1990, appellant Jack Tighe suffered career-ending injuries in an automobile accident. At the time, Tighe, a nineteen-year veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Metro), was an undercover officer assigned to narcotics. The facts of record indicate that after ending his regular shift at 2:00 a.m., Tighe met with fellow officers and his direct supervisor at a Las Vegas restaurant...

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