Fowler v. Vista Care & American Home Insurance

OPINION

DANIELS, Justice.

{1} The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act), NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to -70 (1929, as amended through 2013), provides for temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for injured workers. The Court of Appeals held that the Act limits Appellant Sherrie Fowler’s eligibility for TTD benefits to 700 weeks of benefits and reversed a contrary decision of the Workers’ Compensation Administration judge. See Fowler v. Vista Care, 2013-NMCA-036, ¶ 23, 298 P.3d 491. We conclude that the Act imposes no such limitation; TTD benefits are payable during any period of total…