Mathews v. New Mexico Light & Power Co.

MABRY, Justice.

There is involved in this appeal the question of what compensation should be allowed a workman, under our Workmen’s Compensation Act, for loss of use of a leg, when the loss is attended by bone infection, pain and suffering which renders workman permanently and totally disabled from doing or performing the only kind of manual labor he is qualified to do and perform, “or any type of work that involves manual labor or the walking or standing on his feet.”

During the pendency of this appeal, appellee, Arthur Mathews, died and his widow, under the name of “Mrs. Arthur J. Mathews,…