Legal Opinion
Schiller v. Southwest Air Rangers, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 1975No. 10324PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHENSON, Justice.
The sole question which concerns us here is whether, under the New Mexico Workmen’s Compensation Act, the trial court, in a suit by an injured workman, can award an attorney’s fee to the claimant where only medical and hospital expenses are recovered. In Schiller v. Southwest Air Rangers, Inc., Ct.App., 87 N.M. 476, 535 P.2d 1327 (decided January 15, 1975), the Court of Appeals in a memorandum opinion answered that query in the negative. It held, inter alia, that in a workman’s compensation case where only medical and hospital expenses are recovered, attorney fees…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Wuenschel v. New Mexico Broadcasting Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by42 opinions
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