Legal Opinion
Kitchell v. Public Service Co.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1998No. 24,080PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKINNON, J.
{1} This interlocutory appeal raises three issues relating to the termination of the employment of plaintiff-appellee Lee Roy Kite-hell with defendant-appellant Public Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”). 1 The issues concern each of three counts in Kite-hell’s complaint, and the denial by the trial court as to each count of PNM’s motion for summary judgment. The complaint presents these legal arguments: 1) that an employee, totally disabled by a work-related injury, can be considered “otherwise qualified” to work and therefore bring an employment discrimination suit…
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