Legal Opinion
Segura v. Kaiser Steel Corp.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 6, 1985No. 7218PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
On April 23, 1979, Cipriano Segura (Segura), a miner employed by Kaiser Steel Corporation (Kaiser) as a “utility man,” 1 suffered a heart attack while performing his duties. Segura’s job on that day consisted of unloading trucks filled with coal. He directed the truck drivers to stop in appropriate locations and signaled them to open the trucks’ belly doors to release their loads into “dumps.” 2 The web or “grizzly” covering the hole into which the loads are released sifts the chunks of coal so that the coal may pass evenly below, onto a conveyor belt. The coal chunks…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Tapia v. Panhandle Steel Erectors CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Fryar v. JohnsenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1979
- Webb v. New Mexico Pub. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1943
- Sierra Blanca Sales Co., Inc. v. Newco Industries, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- Christensen v. DysartNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Joyce v. Pecos Benedictine MonasteryNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1995
- Oliver v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986