Martinez v. Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Council, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
1. NMSA 1978, Section 52-1-54 (Cum. Supp.1996) governs attorney fees in workers’ compensation cases. Section 52-l-54(C) permits the workers’ compensation judge to fix a fee when its jurisdiction is invoked to approve a settlement. Section 52-l-54(H) requires the judge, in setting the fee, to “consider only those benefits to the worker that the attorney is responsible for securing.” The question we address in this case is whether a determination that Employer is not entitled to reimbursement under NMSA 1978, Section 52-5-17 (Repl.Pamp.1991) (effective January 1,1991) is a…
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