Tag: NRS 284.385

Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for May 2, 2019

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for May 2, 2019

CITY OF RENO VS. YTURBIDE

  • Can a workers’ compensation insurer reduce the 25-percent lump-sum-payment limit for an employee’s PPD award when that employee has already received a lump-sum payment for a previous PPD award.

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUS. VS. WILSON, P.E.

  • Does Nevada’s policy mandating beneficial use of water require application of the anti-speculation doctrine to requests for extensions of time such that a permittee who is not planning to use the water must show evidence of its formal relationship with a third party who will be using the water in its place.

STATE, DEP’T OF CORR. VS. LUDWICK

  • Must an administrative hearing officer defer to an agency’s decision when determining whether a violation is so serious that it warrants termination for a first-time offense.

TRICARICHI VS. COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK, U.A.

  • Does Nevada’s long-arm statute encompass a conspiracy theory of personal jurisdiction.

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 6, 2018

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Nevada Appellate Courts Advance Opinions for December 6, 2018

STATE VS. DIST. CT. (HEARN (MATTHEW))

  • Is the prosecutorial veto within NRS 176A.290, which authorizes a district court to assign certain eligible defendants to a veterans court program, unconstitutional.

RODRIGUEZ (JUAN) VS. STATE

  • Is NRS 200.481(2)(b) an enhancement statute such that battery causing substantial bodily harm cannot be enhanced for committing a crime against a person 60 years of age or older under NRS 193.167.

STATE VS. DIST. CT. (OJEDA (FRANCISCO))

  • Does a district court have authority to order the State to disclose veniremember criminal history information it acquires from a government database that is unavailable to the defense.

LAKE TAHOE PROTECTION DIST. VS. BD. OF ADMIN.

  • Does NRS 616B.578 require an employer to prove that it had knowledge of a specific diagnosis of an employee’s preexisting condition to qualify for reimbursement on a worker’s compensation claim.

O’KEEFE VS. STATE, DEP’T OF MOTOR VEHICLES

  • What is the correct standard of review that a hearing officer must apply to a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) disciplinary decision to terminate an employee.

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