Legal Opinion
Cruz v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1995No. 22221PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Jaime Tena Cruz appeals the dismissal of his action against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and its adjuster, John Mayfield, for bad-faith breach of a workers’ compensation settlement agreement. The trial court concluded that the Workers’ Compensation Administration had exclusive jurisdiction over this subject. We affirm the trial court’s dismissal.
Facts and proceedings. In December 1986 Cruz was hit by a falling tree while working as a logger and suffered an injury compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to -70 (Repl. Pamp.1991 &…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hale v. Basin Motor Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1990
- Michaels v. Anglo American Auto Auctions, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Gray v. ArmijoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- Dickson v. Mountain States Mutual Casualty Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
- Russell v. Protective InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Meyers v. Western Auto & CNA InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2002
- Martin-Martinez v. 6001, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
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