Suicide Resulting
from Industrial Injury is Compensable in Nevada
[Posted 07/29/2008] The
Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that family members
may collect workers’ compensation benefits if a
worker’s suicide is sufficiently connected to an
industrial injury. Although benefits are not granted
if an employee's death results from “a willful
intention to injure himself,” justices determined
that benefits can be paid if a workplace injury
leads to a psychological injury severe enough to
interfere with a worker’s “rational mental process.”
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