Roberto F. Escobedo v. American Employers Insurance Co.

CHILSON, District Judge.

This is a diversity action brought by the appellant-plaintiff seeking to recover damages from the appellee-defendant on allegations that the defendants acted in bad faith in terminating the payment of installments of compensation to which the plaintiff claims he was entitled under the New Mexico Workmen’s Compensation Act (N.M.S.A. § 59-10-1 et seq.).

The plaintiff’s complaint in pertinent parts alleges that plaintiff was an employee of Agricultural Products Co., Inc.; that defendant Insurance Company had insured the employer’s obligation to pay compensation benefits to…