Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Brand West Dairy
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 31, 2015No. 35,426; No. 35,438; Docket Nos. 33,104 & 33,675PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAMORA, Judge.
{1} In these consolidated appeals, Workers challenge the dismissals of their workers’ compensation claims, which were based on the portion of the Workers’ Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to -70 (1929, as amended through 2013), excluding farm and ranch laborers from its coverage. See § 52-1-6(A) (“The provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act shall not apply to employers of . . . farm and ranch laborers.” (the exclusion)). The question presented is whether the exclusion violates W orkers ’ rights to equal protection under Article II, Section 18 of the New Mexico…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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