Lopez v. City of Albuquerque

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

This case involves the extent to which an authorized health care provider in a workers’ compensation case may give testimony based on the records of an unauthorized health care provider. It also involves the fairness of allowing the authorized health care provider to rely on one set of unauthorized records while prohibiting access to another set of unauthorized records. We hold that the issues in this case are fact bound and, under the facts of this case, no error occurred.

This case arises out of a claim for benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, §§…