Legal Opinion
Easterling v. Woodward Lumber Co.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 11, 1991No. 12074PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
Worker appeals the compensation order by the Workers’ Compensation Administration awarding him twenty-five percent permanent partial disability. He raises three issues on appeal: (1) error in making a determination of permanent partial disability before completion of rehabilitation; (2) error in failing to find worker totally and permanently disabled; and (3) error in allowing employer credit for overpayment. Because the workers’ compensation judge (judge) found worker unable to return to his former job, would need vocational rehabilitation to restore him to suitable…
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- Garcia v. Schneider, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
- National Tea Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
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