Nyberg v. Nevada Industrial Commission

OPINION

These are consolidated appeals from a single district court order affirming the dismissal of two administrative appeals. In both cases the Department of Administration appeals officers dismissed administrative appeals from rulings by hearing officers of the Nevada Industrial Commission (“NIC,” now known as the State Industrial Insurance System). The NIC hearing officers had rejected workmen’s compensation claims. The dispositive issue before this court is whether NRCP 6(a) and 6(e) 1 apply to NRS 616.5422(1), 2 thus lengthening the period in which appellants could timely file their…