A card dealer's inexplicable ankle fracture is compensable because her employer exposed her to a risk more frequently than the average member of the general public, the Nevada Supreme Court concluded. Case: Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino v. Phillips, No. 53191, 9/30/10. Published. Facts: Kathryn Phillips, a poker and blackjack dealer for the Rio Hotel and Casino, had just embarked upon her first 20-minute break of the day when she injured her left foot on her way to the employees' break room. She was descending a staircase leading to the break room, when her left foot "just twisted o...
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