Legal Opinion
Pineda v. Grande Drilling Corp.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 8, 1991No. 11379PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
Grande Drilling Corporation and Mountain States Mutual Insurance Company (respondents) challenge the award of attorneys’ fees to Dolores Pineda (claimant) by the Workers’ Compensation Division (WCD) 1 pursuant to its Payment and Benefit Rule Y, WCA 86-4 (December 1986). On her cross-appeal claimant contends that regardless of the merits of the award of attorneys’ fees under Rule V, she should have been awarded attorneys’ fees pursuant to the 1986 amendments to the Workers’ Compensation Act (the “Interim Act”). Claimant also challenges the constitutionality of the Interim…
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