Martinez v. Wester Brothers Wholesale Produce Co.

CHAVEZ, Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case brought here on appeal by Wester Brothers, Inc., to review a judgment for appellee entered pursuant to a jury verdict.

Appellee filed his claim on February 24, 1959, seeking compensation for injuries sustained by appellee on February 12, 1959, while employed by appellant as a delivery truck driver in appellant’s produce plant in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Claim was for permanent and total disability. Appellee’s claim alleged that appellant refused to pay any compensation, and refused to pay any hospital and medical expenses incurred by…