Dingus v. Third Street Grocery

OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

Third Street Grocery and Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company (who will be referred to jointly as “Employer”) appeal a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Judge awarding benefits to Claimant. The accidental injury giving rise to the claim occurred on October 1, 1987. Therefore, as the parties have stipulated, this case is controlled by the Workers’ Compensation Act in effect on that date (the 1987 Act), which is set forth in the 1987 Replacement Pamphlet for Chapter 52 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated.

Employer contends that (1) the 1987 Act prohibited Claimant…