Chavez v. Sandia Corp.

OPINION

McMANUS, Justice.

Emilio Chavez, plaintiff-appellant, appeals from a decision rendered by the District Court of Bernalillo County, upholding the action of the Sandia Corporation’s Employee Benefits Committee (Committee), which denied the plaintiff benefits for his alleged total and permanent disability because of a mental disorder. Plaintiff appeals from an order denying a trial by jury and from an order limiting the scope of review of the Committee’s decision. This Court has already ruled that the denial of a jury trial was proper in a previous mandamus proceeding brought before this…