Legal Opinion
Bracken Ex Rel. Estate of Bracken v. Yates Petroleum Corp.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 26, 1988No. 17331PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
This case is before the Court on writ of certiorari to the court of appeals which had affirmed the dismissal of a worker’s compensation claim filed in an improper venue. James Bracken suffered a fatal heart attack at his worksite while performing duties for his employer, Yates Petroleum Corp. It is uncontroverted that the injury occurred in Santa Fe County and that Bracken resided in Lea County. His wife’s first attorney, however, filed her worker’s compensation claim in Bernalillo County approximately 27 days prior to the expiration of the one-year period of…
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