Legal Opinion
Lucero v. Los Alamos Constructors, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 24, 1969No. 255PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OMAN, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment awarding him workmen’s compensation benefits on the basis of 30% permanent disability of the body as a whole. His position is that the trial court’s finding of fact that he is permanently disabled only to this extent is not supported by substantial evidence.
As part of his case, plaintiff offered the testimony of two medical doctors. One of these doctors gave it as his opinion that plaintiff was 50% permanently disabled, and the other’s opinion was that the permanent disability was 75%. Plaintiff contends that the trial court was obliged to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Medler v. HenryNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940
- Van Orman v. NelsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Ross v. Sayers Well Servicing CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Williams v. City of GallupNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Ortega v. New Mexico State Highway DepartmentNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Hernandez v. Mead Foods, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
- Beckwith v. Cactus Drilling CorporationNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- State v. SmithNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- Cardenas v. United Nuclear Homestake PartnersNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- Mieras v. DyncorpNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1996
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