Duran v. Albuquerque Public Schools

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

In this case, the worker, Ms. Delora Duran, appeals from the district court’s determination that the amount of her maximum weekly worker’s compensation benefits should be calculated on the basis of a fifty-two-week work year rather than on the basis of the forty-week work year which she actually works under the terms of her contract with Albuquerque Public Schools. On appeal, only one issue is raised: whether the trial court correctly calculated the worker’s compensation rate under NMSA 1978, Section 52-1-20. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm the trial…