Collado v. City of Albuquerque

OPINION

APODACA, Chief Judge.

1. Ruben M. Collado (Worker) appeals from the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (the judge) grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Albuquerque (Employer). The judge granted summary judgment in favor of Employer on the basis that NMSA 1978, Section 52-l-24(B) (Repl.Pamp.1991), precluded compensation to Worker, for primary mental impairment under, the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) because his job as a paramedic, as a matter of law, usually exposed him to traumatic events. To decide whether the judge erred in granting summary judgment, we first must…