Legal Opinion
Cueto v. Stahmann Farms, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 4, 1980No. 4144PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDREWS, Judge.
This case requires an interpretation of the scope of the farm and ranch workers exemption to the Workmen’s Compensation Act contained in § 52-l-6(A), N.M.S.A.1978 (1979 Supp.) We hold that the act does not apply to the agricultural workers of any employer, regardless of the fact that the injured employee was performing some non-agricultural service at the time of his injury.
The defendant, Stahmann Farms, Inc., is a large agribusiness operation in the southern part of the state which grows, processes, and markets pecans. It employs 375 workers, about one quarter of whom…
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