Legal Opinion
Northern Nevada Ass'n of Injured Workers v. Nevada State Industrial Insurance System
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 1991No. 20704PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellants sued respondents State Industrial Insurance System (SIIS) and certain individual SIIS employees (employees) for negligence and bad faith in the processing of appellants’ claims, and for deprivation of their civil rights. The district court granted respondents’ NRCP 12(b)(1) and (5) motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and a failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
The district court’s order of dismissal was premised on four conclusions: (1) SIIS’s immunity as a state agency; (2) the discretionary nature of SIIS’s conduct; (3) the…
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