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MCGRATH v. STATE, DEP'T OF PUB. SAFETY

No. 45489.

159 P.3d 239 (2007)

Lori MCGRATH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Nevada Highway Patrol; and Sierra Nevada Administrators, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Mark Wray and Julia Vohl Islas and Mark D. Wray, Reno, for Appellant.

Beckett, Yott & McCarty and James A. McCarty, Reno, for Respondents.

Before PARRAGUIRRE, HARDESTY and SAITTA, JJ.

OPINION

PARRAGUIRRE, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether a workers' compensation claimant who alleges that she has suffered extreme and unusual stress on the job is required to pinpoint a discrete, identifiable event giving rise to the stress. Because the plain, unambiguous language of NRS 616C.180 indicates that a workers' compensation claimant must establish a causal relationship between her mental injuries and a discrete, identifiable, traumatic...

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