Fowler v. Vista Care & American Home Insurance

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} Vista Care and American Home Insurance Co. (Vista Care) appeal from a compensation order entered in the Workers’ Compensation Administration (WCA) awarding Sherrie Fowler (Worker) temporary total disability benefits. We consider various provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to -70 (1929, as amended through 2007), in determining whether (1) temporary total disability benefits are subject to a durational limit, (2) a previous determination that a worker is at maximum medical improvement precludes a finding that the worker was no longer at…