State Industrial Insurance System v. Wrenn

OPINION

Respondent Thomas Wrenn suffered an industrial injury to his left eye in 1961, and an additional injury to the eye in 1978, resulting in total disability of the eye. Appellant SIIS (then NIC), classified this injury as an outgrowth of the initial injury and allowed Wrenn compensation for complete loss of the eye based on the rate in effect in 1961, rather than in 1978. Wrenn appealed that determination, and the State Industrial Claimants’ Attorney was' appointed to represent him. See NRS 616.2535 and 616.2537. After the appeals officer affirmed SIIS’s decision, the State Industrial…