Bartlett v. Shaw

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant appeals from the trial court’s order reducing appellant’s workmen’s compensation benefits. Defendants-appellees sought diminution of appellant’s benefits in accordance with § 59-10-25, N.M.S.A., 1953 Comp., as it existed at the time qf appellant’s injury and award. After a hearing, the trial court ordered that appellant’s benefits be reduced to 20% of total disability.

Appellant was injured on June 16, 1958, while employed by Allied Supply Company, a co-partnership, as a repairman of heavy equipment in the oil fields. On November 23, 1960, he was…