Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Worker's Petition for Mandamus Relief

The Nevada Supreme Court denied an insurance carrier’s challenge to a district court order granting an injured worker’s petition for a writ of mandamus. Herbert Jones filed a complaint with the Division of Industrial Relations, asserting that his employer’s insurance provider failed to timely pay his medical bills on 123 occasions. DIR went through only some of the 123 incidents and determined that there were no violations warranting an administrative fine or benefit penalty. Rather than filing a notice of appeal with an administrative appeals officer, Jones filed a petiti...