Desert Inn Casino & Hotel v. Moran

OPINION

Per Curiam: 1

Respondent Beverly Moran quit her job with appellant Desert Inn Casino & Hotel after her doctor told her she had a degenerative joint disease in her hands which was aggravated by her job as a masseuse. She filed a worker’s compensation claim which was initially denied because, at her employer’s direction, she had mistakenly filed an industrial accident claim with her employer rather than an occupational disease claim with her employer’s insurer. Following administrative appeals, her claim was granted and ultimately upheld by the district court. Desert Inn filed a petition…