Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance v. Kurth
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDREWS, Judge.
In this action we are asked to consider whether a claimant under the Workmen’s Compensation Act [§§ 52-1-1 to 52-1-69, N.M.S.A. 1978], may assign all of his rights of action to a third party, in this case the workmen’s compensation insurer.
On January 25, 1978, plaintiffs Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance Company and Joseph F. Higgins filed suit against defendant, Victoria Kurth, alleging damages arising out of an automobile accident which occurred January 28, 1975. Paragraph 3 of the original complaint alleged specific acts of negligence on the part of the defendant and,…
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