Legal Opinion
Jones v. Holiday Inn Express
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided May 27, 2014No. Docket 32,698PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VIGIL, Judge.
{1} This case presents an issue of first impression: whether the Workers’ Compensation Administration (WCA) has jurisdiction over a controversy between workers’ compensation insurers, which has no effect on the rights of the worker. The workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found that it had jurisdiction to resolve matters that were ancillary to the purpose of the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Compensation Act). We disagree and reverse.
BACKGROUND
{2} Worker injured his back while working for Employer. Thirteen days before the accident, Employer changed its workers’…
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