Legal Opinion
Medina v. Wicked Wick Candle Co.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 18, 1977No. 2874PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
Defendants appeal a workmen’s compensation judgment in favor of plaintiff. We reverse.
The trial court found the following facts: On April 14,1972, plaintiff, 29 years of age, suffered a work-related injury while attempting to lift two trays of 24 uncut cube candles. On this date she had completed the twelfth grade in the Española schools. She had no general or specialized training in any field of endeavor. Since 1959, she worked in employment requiring heavy manual labor, including duties of maid, waitress, janitor, cook and candle wrapper and she did not have sufficient…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Adams v. Loffland Brothers Drilling CompanyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
- Brown Ex Rel. Brown v. Safeway Stores, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- Medina v. Zia CompanyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
- Maes v. John C. Cornell, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
- Witcher v. Capitan Drilling CompanyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Sanchez v. Molycorp, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- Aranda v. Mississippi Chemical Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
- Perez v. International Minerals & Chemical Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- Marez v. Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- Perea v. GorbyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1980
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