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MITCHELL v. CLARK COUNTY SCH. DIST.

No. 40999.

111 P.3d 1104 (2005)

Julie MITCHELL, Appellant, v. CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 26, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Kemp, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

Carrie S. Bourdeau, Assistant General Counsel, and Africa A. Sanchez, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Before MAUPIN, DOUGLAS and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.

OPINION

By the Court, PARRAGUIRRE, J.:

In this appeal, we consider whether to modify our holding in Rio Suite Hotel & Casino v. Gorsky,1 which requires a workers' compensation claimant to prove a causal connection between a workplace injury and the workplace environment.2 In this, appellant urges this court to adopt a less stringent "positional-risk" test for compensation under the...

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