State Industrial Insurance System v. Miller

*1113OPINION

By the Court,

Shearing, J.:

In May 1984, respondent/cross-appellant Ralph Miller was employed as an operator in the production department of Pacific Engineering Company of Nevada in Henderson, Nevada, when his low back was injured in a job accident. Later in 1984, he underwent L3-4 and L4-5 discectomy surgery and laminectomy surgery. Miller filed a claim for worker compensation with the appellant/cross-respondent State Industrial Insurance System (SIIS).

In October 1985, Miller was rated at twenty-three percent (23%) whole body permanent partial disability (PPD) impairment by Dr. Butters,…