Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Dawson Production Partners, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 11, 2000No. Nos. 19,918, 19,919, 19,921PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
{1} This case requires us to examine the scope of workers’ compensation coverage for workers whose work takes them away from home and who are injured while away from home for their employment. We address appeals from a consolidated case before the Workers’ Compensation Administration in which three oil field workers injured in an automobile accident between their work site and their homes sought workers’ compensation benefits for their injuries. The Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) applied the “traveling employee exception” to the “going and coming rule” in awarding…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Fernandez v. Farmers Ins. Co. of ArizonaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
- Wilson v. Rowan Drilling Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1950
- Edens v. New Mexico Health & Social Services DepartmentNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976
- Olinger Construction Co. v. MosbeyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
- McDonald v. State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
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3Cited by26 opinions
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