Legal Opinion

Torres v. Kennecott Copper Corporation

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided August 22, 1966No. 7854PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NOBLE, Justice.

Cruz Torres, Sr. (hereafter termed Torres), an employee of Kennecott Copper Corporation (hereafter termed Kennecott), has appealed from a judgment denying his claim for workmen’s compensation benefits.

Torres argues that he submitted medical testimony establishing a causal connection as a medical probability between his disability and the accidental injury, and that consequently finding of fact no. 8, reading:

“8. That plaintiff has failed to prove by expert medical testimony as a medical probability that there is a causal connection between such present disability as he…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Yates v. MatthewsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Stuckey v. Furr Food CafeteriaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Gallegos v. KennedyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Rohrer v. Eidal InternationalNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
  3. Perea v. GorbyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Mares v. City of ClovisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
  5. Corzine v. Sears, Roebuck and CompanyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969

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