Las Vegas Housing Authority v. Root

OPINION

At issue in this case is which of two successive employers is liable for workers’ compensation benefits when an employee sustains a later industrial injury that aggravates an earlier industrial injury. An administrative appeals officer held the first employer liable by requiring reopening of the employee’s original claim under NRS 616C.390. We conclude the appeals officer should have held the subsequent employer liable under the last injurious exposure rule, which places hill liability upon the employer covering the risk at the time of the most recent industrial injury that bears a…