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LAS VEGAS HOUS. AUTH. v. ROOT

No. 32571.

8 P.3d 143 (2000)

LAS VEGAS HOUSING AUTHORITY and Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, F/K/A State Industrial Insurance System, Appellants, v. Gerald ROOT and City of Henderson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Wanker, Ltd., Henderson, for Appellant Las Vegas Housing Authority.

Lenard Ormsby, General Counsel, and Javier A. Arguello, Associate General Counsel, Carson City, for Appellant Employers Insurance Company of Nevada.

King Gross & Sutcliffe, Ltd., Las Vegas, for Respondent Gerald Root.

Gugino & Schwartz, Las Vegas, for Respondent City of Henderson.

BEFORE MAUPIN, SHEARING and BECKER, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

At issue in this case is which of two successive employers is liable for workers' compensation benefits when an employee sustains a later industrial injury that aggravates an earlier industrial injury. An administrative appeals officer held the first employer liable by requiring reopening of the employee's original claim under NRS 616C.390. We conclude the appeals officer should have held the subsequent employer liable under the...

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