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: Workers Comp Insider

Nevada Supreme Court rules suicide compensable

By Julie Ferguson

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Is a suicide compensable? In certain circumstances it is, according to a recent ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court in Sharon Vredenburg v. Sedgwick CMA and Flamingo Hilton-Laughlin. While Nevada state law prohibits benefits if a worker?s death occurs due to a "willful intention to injure himself," this does not apply if a "sufficient chain of causation is established." Roberto...

Full post as published by Workers Comp Insider on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).

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