PUBLIC AGENCY COMPENSATION TRUST v. BLAKE

No. 54822.

265 P.3d 694 (2011)

PUBLIC AGENCY COMPENSATION TRUST (PACT), Appellant, v. Dale BLAKE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

November 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynne & Associates and Jill M. Lynne , Las Vegas, for Appellant.

King, Gross & Sutcliffe, Ltd., and Ward M. Sutcliffe , Las Vegas, for Respondent.

Before SAITTA, C.J., HARDESTY and PARRAGUIRRE, JJ.


OPINION

By the Court, HARDESTY, J.:

In this appeal, we determine the proper method of apportioning permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits between prior and subsequent industrial injuries when the impairment ratings for those injuries were based on different editions of the applicable guide. PPD awards are based on the percentage of whole person impairment as determined by a rating physician, who makes the calculations using the edition of the...

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