Legal Opinion
Justiz v. Walgreen's
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 16, 1987No. 16830PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
Respondents Walgreen’s and the Traveler’s Insurance Company appeal a worker’s compensation award on the ground that the trial court, when computing benefits due, improperly aggregated petitioner’s earnings from both of the worker’s employments. We granted certiorari from the court of appeals’ decision reversing the trial court, and now we reverse the court of appeals.
The issue is whether a worker’s average weekly wage for compensation benefits is to be computed on the basis of wages the worker was earning in the employment in which she was injured, or on the basis of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Roybal v. County of Santa FeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
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