Legal Opinion
Elkins v. Lallier
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 1934No. 3940PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
While working as a common laborer on a federal aid highway between the towns of Espanola and Abiquiu, N.M., the appellee, H.A. Elkins, on April 11, 1933, was struck in the left eye by a piece of steel resulting in the complete loss of the sight of said eye. The injury rendered necessary enucleation of the left eye, and this operation was successfully performed at Santa Fe the day following the injury.
The employer, H.C. Lallier, and the insurer, Commercial Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., the appellants, paid compensation covering temporary disability and prior to suit had made certain…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Gonzales v. Chino Copper Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
- Matter of Sweeting v. . American Knife Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Georgia Casualty Co. v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- State, Ex Rel. v. Indus. Comm.Ohio Supreme Court · 1932
- Franko v. William Schollhorn Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Goldman v. TorresTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Stanley v. . Hyman-Michaels Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
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- Cox v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1949
- City of Albuquerque v. CampbellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
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