Legal Opinion
Brown Ex Rel. Brown v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 5, 1971No. 521PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
Plaintiff was awarded workmen’s compensation benefits for an injury that rendered him totally and permanently disabled. Defendant raises four points on appeal. Three deal with the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s findings that (1) the injury was latent, (2) the disability is total, and (3) the accident and injury were causally related. The fourth point states that the trial court erred in starting the period of compensation from the date of the injury since no duty to pay arises until after the employee gives notice to the employer of the injury.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Adams v. Loffland Brothers Drilling CompanyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
- Gallegos v. WilkersonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Rohrer v. Eidal InternationalNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
- Langley v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- Gruschus v. CR Davis Contracting CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Oster v. Wetzel Printing, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Schouest v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Lyons v. Industrial Special Indemnity FundIdaho Supreme Court · 1977
- Sanchez v. Homestake Mining Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- Breaux v. Travelers Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
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