Legal Opinion
Schultz v. Pojoaque Tribal Police Department
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 2013No. Docket 33,372PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOSSON, Justice.
On August 17, 2002, Pojoaque Tribal Police Officer Kevin Schultz drowned while rescuing a twelve-year-old boy from the Rio Grande near Pilar, New Mexico. On the day of the accident, Schultz had taken the day off from work to chaperone a group of children from his church on a recreational outing. This case arose when Schultz’s widow, Cheryl, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits resulting from her husband’s death, but only after the statute of limitations had expired.
Notwithstanding the late filing, Mrs. Schultz contends that the conduct of the Pojoaque Tribal…
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