Legal Opinion
Spidle v. Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1981No. 13550PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
The issue before this Court on certiorari is whether, pursuant to Section 52-l-30(B), N.M.S.A.1978, the district court was correct in awarding appellant Rose Ann Spidle a lump-sum settlement in lieu of future weekly workmen’s compensation benefits. Appellant, the widow of a worker covered under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, §§ 52-1-1 through 52-1-69, N.M.S.A.1978 (Orig.Pamp. and Cum.Supp.1980), intends to use the lump-sum payment to purchase or build a larger home for herself, her four children and grandchild.
Glen Dean Spidle was fatally injured on July 22, 1977,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Codling v. Aztec Well Servicing Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
- Kahalekai v. DoiHawaii Supreme Court · 1979
- Lane v. Levi Strauss & Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
- Livingston v. Loffland Brothers Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
- Lamont v. New Mexico Military InstituteNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Wylie Corp. v. MowrerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1986
- Garrison Ex Rel. Estate of Garrison v. Safeway StoresNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
- Boughton v. Western Nuclear, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983