Trujillo v. Hilton of Santa Fe

OPINION

RANSOM, Chief Justice.

We issued our writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review its dismissal of an appeal taken by Gloria Trujillo from a compensation order entered by the workers’ compensation judge. Dismissal was entered on the ground that notice of appeal was not timely when filed within thirty days of a subsequent order awarding attorney’s fees but more than thirty days from the compensation order. See SCRA 1986, 12-201(A) (Repl.Pamp.1992) (mandating notice of appeal within thirty days of the filing of final order). The dispositive issue before the Court of Appeals was…