Murphy v. Duke City Pizza, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MINZNER, Chief Judge.
Worker appeals several aspects of the workers’ compensation judge’s (judge’s) award of attorney fees, including (1) whether the $12,500 attorney fee cap is constitutional, (2) whether the judge erred in denying Worker’s claim for additional bad faith attorney fees, and (3) whether Worker should be required to pay 25% of her attorney fees. Employer cross-appealed, raising four issues: (1) whether the judge erred in denying Employer’s claim for a credit for overpayment of benefits, (2) whether the judge erred in awarding Worker scheduled injury benefits for her arm…
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