Legal Opinion
City of Artesia v. Carter
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 8, 1980No. 4118PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
May an employer who has paid workmen’s compensation avoid the employer’s express contract to indemnify a third party on the ground that enforcement of the contract is barred by the public policy stated in our workmen’s compensation law? No.
The employee was killed in a compensable accident. The employer, Carter (Woodrow O. Carter, doing business as Carter Enterprises) paid workmen’s compensation to the employee’s widow. The widow, as personal representative of her deceased husband, sued Artesia (City of Artesia) for the wrongful death of her husband. The wrongful death…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Royal Indemnity Co. v. Southern California Petroleum Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
- General Electric Credit Corporation v. TidenbergNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Farrar v. HoodNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
- Metropolitan Paving Co. v. Gordon Herkenhoff & Associates, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1959
- Hill Lines, Inc., a Texas Corporation v. Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Tipton v. Texaco, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
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