Gutierrez v. City of Gallup

OPINION

NEAL, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. At the time of trial, plaintiff was a sixty-year-old laborer with a fourth grade education. He began working as a laborer for the City of Gallup over thirty years ago. Before, he had worked in coal mines and asphalting. He then became a garbage truck driver for the city and remained in that position about twenty-eight years, until he received an accidental on-the-job injury in 1977.

The injury occurred when plaintiffs truck was hit and caught fire. He jumped from the truck, injuring his left knee, right arm and back. The knee injury was…