Legal Opinion
Gallegos v. Yeargin Western Constructors
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 28, 1986No. 8746PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff worker’s compensation benefits, claiming abuse of discretion by the trial court in (1) refusing to modify its pretrial order to allow defendants to identify additional witnesses for trial after the deadline for doing so had expired; and (2) refusing to delay the trial to await the arrival of defendants’ unsubpoenaed medical witness. Finding no abuse, we affirm.
This case provides a model for how a worker’s compensation claim should be expedited. See NMSA 1978, § 52-1-35(A) (Repl.Pamp.1985). Cf. Sanchez v. Homestake…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sanchez v. Homestake Mining Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. TovarNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Wirth v. Commercial Resources, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- Tobeck v. United Nuclear-Homestake PartnersNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
- Napolitano v. Compania Sud Americana De VaporesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Reaves v. BergsrudNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999
- Universal Constructors, Inc. v. FielderNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994
- Yadon v. Quinoco Petroleum, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1992
- Reaves v. BergsrudNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999