Legal Opinion
State Industrial Insurance System v. Buckley
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided July 23, 1984No. 14612PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
On December 24, 1979, Catherine Buckley was working as a blood gas technician in the emergency room of Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas. As she was drawing blood from a patient, a defibrillator 1 was activated without warning, inflicting a shock on Buckley which knocked her away from the patient. Buckley was hospitalized twice in October, 1980, complaining of symptoms such as shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea and palpitations, which she decribed as having begun some six weeks after the incident. She was diagnosed as having a mitral valve prolapse. 2
Buckley first sought compensation…
3Cases cited13 opinions
- Pierce v. Phelps Dodge Corp.Arizona Supreme Court · 1933
- Prestige Homes, Inc. v. LegouffeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
- American International Vacations v. MacBrideNevada Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. CappsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Nevada Industrial Commission v. PeckNevada Supreme Court · 1952
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4Cited by18 opinions
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- Wright v. State, Department of Motor VehiclesNevada Supreme Court · 2005
- Ivory Ranch, Inc. v. Quinn River Ranch, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1985
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