Grover C. Dils Medical Center v. Menditto

I concur in the majority analysis of the “last injurious exposure” rule. This latest articulation of the rule clarifies one aspect of a very complex statutory framework for compensating injured Nevada workers.1 I write separately to note my concern over the evolution of that framework, and to urge that the Nevada Legislature commence a reexamination of it.

In Las Vegas Housing Authority v. Root,2 we idealistically observed that “[t]he last injurious exposure rule . . . frees the employee from the burden of allocating responsibility for his disabil*292ity and forestalls any determination regarding…