Nevada Supreme Court Rules Suicide Compensable

The family of an injured worker may collect death benefits for a worker who commits suicide if an industrial injury "caused a psychological condition severe enough to override the employee’s rational judgment," the Nevada Supreme Court ruled last week.In Vredenburg v. Sedgwick CMS, No. 49289, 07/24/2008, the high court overturned a decision by the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County denying benefits to the widow of bartender Danny Vredenburg.The court said in its 6-0 decision that in extreme cases there are exceptions to NRS 616C.230(1), a Nevada statute that normally preclude...