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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 616A.090 (2026)

“Compensation” defined

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NRS 616A.090  “Compensation” defined.  “Compensation” means the money which is payable to an employee or to the dependents of the employee as provided for in chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, and includes benefits for funerals, accident benefits and money for rehabilitative services.

      [7:168:1947; 1943 NCL § 2680.7]—(NRS A 1983, 1291)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 616.045)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2024 · leading case: Employers Ins. Co. of Nevada v. Chandler, 23 P.3d 255 (Nev. 2001).
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Employers Ins. Co. of Nevada v. Chandler, 23 P.3d 255 (Nev. 2001). · cites it 4× “215(2)(a) does not include medical benefits because the phrase “money which is payable to an employee or to his dependents” in NRS 616A.090 limits the statutory definition of “compensation” to wage replacement benefits.”
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev., 162 P.3d 148 (Nev. 2007). · cites it 2× “" The term "compensation" is defined in NRS 616A.090 as "the money which is payable to an employee or to his dependents .”
Amtrust N. Am., Inc. v. Vasquez, Jr., 555 P.3d 1164 (Nev. 2024). · cites it 3× “In addressing whether settlement funds designated to compensate for noneconomic damages are assessable by an insurer, the Poremba court held that insurers may only assess settlement funds designated to compensate for expenses within NRS 616A.090's definition of compensation, not…”
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 18× “al workers' compensation benefits; and (2) although an insurer may be entitled to reimbursement from the portion of settlement funds designated for expenses otherwise covered by workers' compensation, an insurer is not entitled to reimbursement from the portion of settlement…”
Hardy & Hardy v. Wills, 958 P.2d 78 (Nev. 1998). “045 was amended and redesignated NRS 616A.090; however, both versions provide ‘Compensation’ means the money which is payable to an employee or to his dependants as provided for .”
Poremba Vs. So. Nevada Paving, 2017 NV 2 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 9× “al workers' compensation benefits; and (2) although an insurer may be entitled to reimbursement from the portion of settlement funds designated for expenses otherwise covered by workers' compensation, an insurer is not entitled to reimbursement from the portion of settlement…”
Demaranville Vs. Cannon Cochran Mgmt. Serv.'s, Inc., 2019 NV 35 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 2× “The compensation paid to an employee or his or her dependents is based on the SUPREME COOFIT OF NEVADA 13 (0) I947A value received by the employee for his or her services, NRS 616A.090; NAC 616C.420, in the employment in which the injury or disease occurs, NAC 616C.”
Mgm Mirage-City Ctr. v. Dorough (Nev. 2013). · cites it 2× “360(2) (indicating that an appeals officer must hear any matter raised before him or her on its merits). Thus, once the appeals officer determined that the herniated disc was a compensable injury, medical benefits were clearly part of the "compensation" to which respondent was…”
Tzortzis v. Caesars Palace (Nev. 2015). “390(1) (providing that a claim shall be reopened if there is a change of circumstances primarily caused by the industrial injury that warrants an increase of compensation and the reopening request is accompanied by a physician's certificate showing those changes); NRS 616A.”
Valdez v. Employers Ins. Co. of Nev, 146 P.3d 250 (Nev. 2006). “" The term "compensation" is defined in NRS 616A.090 as "the money which is payable to an employee or to his dependents .”
Sahara Hotel & Casino v. Holden, 953 P.2d 268 (Nev. 1998). “” NRS 616A.090. (Emphasis added.) 2 In light of the recognized purpose of the workers’ compensation scheme stated above, and the absence of any express language creating a right of survivorship in favor of non-dependent heirs, we see no reason to deviate from a literal…”
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