Nevada Industrial Commission v. Holt

OPINION

By the Court, Thompson, C. J.:

The Nevada Industrial Commission appeals from a district court ruling that an employee, who was injured on his day off while engaged in recreation at a golf driving range provided by his employer, is entitled to compensation under the Nevada *499Industrial Insurance Act.1 It was the district court’s view that the rationale of the “island cases” [O’Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, 340 U.S. 504 (1951); Roher v. Cherry Grove Hotel, 245 N.Y.S.2d 173 (1963); Dow v. Collins, 254 N.Y.S.2d 554 (1964)] controlled this case, and concluded that the injury arose out of and…