NAIW v. NEVADA SELF-INSURERS ASSOCIATION

No. 51859.

225 P.3d 1265 (2010)

NEVADA ATTORNEY FOR INJURED WORKERS, and State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Division of Industrial Relations, Appellants, v. NEVADA SELF-INSURERS ASSOCIATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancyann Leeder, Carson City, for Appellant Nevada Attorney for Injured Workers.

Nancy E. Wong, Carson City, for Appellant State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Division of Industrial Relations.

Lionel Sawyer & Collins and Malani L. Kotchka, Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Anderson & Gruenewald and Barbara Gruenewald, Reno, for Amicus Curiae Nevada Justice Association.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

HARDESTY, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether a workers' compensation regulation contradicts the statutory provisions for determining the percentage of an employee's disability resulting from a work-related spinal injury. Respondent Nevada Self-Insurers Association (the Association) filed a petition with appellant State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Division of Industrial Relations (DIR), requesting that DIR amend one of...

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