Grine ex rel. Grine v. Peabody Natural Resources

OPINION

CASTILLO, J.

{1} In this workers’ compensation case, we review the dismissal of Worker Gary Grine’s claim, based on the determination that the heart attack he suffered on the job did not arise out of or occur in the course and scope of his employment. We must first decide the threshold issue of an employer’s right to choose a health care provider for a worker when the employer has denied the worker’s claim. Because we hold that NMSA 1978, § 52-1-49 (1990), authorized the employer in this ease to select a health care provider for Worker, notwithstanding employer’s denial of Worker’s…