DILLARD DEPT. STORES, INC. v. BECKWITH

No. 31378.

989 P.2d 882 (1999)

DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., A Delaware Corporation; and Dillard's Nevada, Inc., A Nevada Corporation, Appellants, v. Deloris BECKWITH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Peter Lee, Ltd., Barney C. Ales and Paul C. Ray, Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Donald J. Campbell & Associates and J. Colby Williams, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.


OPINION

LEAVITT, J.

Deloris Beckwith, sixty-four years of age, was a twenty-five-year employee of Dillard Department Stores (Dillard) and an area sales manager for nineteen years. She injured her back at work and filed a workers' compensation claim. Dillard is a self-insured employer. Beckwith was asked to return to work, but her doctor refused to release her because of her condition. When Beckwith failed to return to work, Dillard filled her job...

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