Eads v. State Industrial Insurance System

OPINION

Appellant David Eads was injured at work and received a nineteen percent lump sum permanent partial disability (PPD) award. Eads’ case was eventually reopened and Eads received an additional sixteen percent PPD award which the appeals officer determined could be taken by Eads in either a lump sum or installments. The State Industrial Insurance System (SIIS) petitioned for judicial review, contending that the appeals officer violated NRS 616.607(l)(c) in allowing Eads to accept PPD awards totalling in excess of twenty-five percent in lump sum payments. The district court agreed and we…