Davis v. Meadors-Cherry Company

McGHEE, Justice.

The plaintiff (appellant) seeks the reversal of an order denying his application to reopen his compensation claim in his effort to secure additional payments for claimed total disability.

Some time following his injury he entered into a compromise settlement for a lump sum which paid him in full for amounts which had accumulated to date of settlement but apparently included nothing for future disability.

The defendants (appellees) opposed the reopening but their objections were overruled and they appealed to this Court. A majority held the order was not appealable in 63 N.M.…