Legal Opinion
Garcia Ex Rel. Garcia v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 12, 1983No. 5790PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONNELLY, Judge.
The defendants Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (District) and its insurer, American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company (American), appeal from a judgment awarding workmen’s compensation benefits to plaintiff, and her two minor children.
Defendants have raised five issues on appeal: (1) claim of trial court error in awarding workmen’s compensation benefits because plaintiff’s settlement with a third-party tortfeasor bars further recovery under the Workmen’s Compensation Act; (2) claim of error in failing to find that award of additional workmen’s compensation…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dionisio v. Dacanay and Reynaldo C. Dacanay, by His Father and Next Friend v. Saturnina Mendoza, Victor P. Mendoza, and Doe Insurance Co. No. 1Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Ruddock v. OhlsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- Phelps Dodge Corp. v. GuerraNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978
- Brown v. Arapahoe Drilling CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- Bottijliso v. Hutchison Fruit Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Collins on Behalf of Collins v. TabetNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
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- Montoya v. Aral Security, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
- Eckhardt v. Charter Hospital of Albuquerque, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1997
- Sollenbarger v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, D. New Mexico · 1988
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