MEEKS v. EDDY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 15477.

884 P.2d 534 (1994)

118 N.M. 643

Ronald E. MEEKS, Worker-Appellee, v. EDDY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Self-Insured under New Mexico Association of Group Counties, Employer/Insurer-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied November 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G.W. Shoobridge, Hobbs, for worker-appellee.

Christopher W. Nickels, Victoria L. Williams, Pelton & O'Brien, P.A., Albuquerque, for employer/insurer-appellant.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

The Eddy County Sheriff's Department (Employer) appeals from a decision by the Workers' Compensation Administration awarding compensation benefits to Ronald E. Meeks (Worker). Although Employer raises three grounds for reversal, we need reach only one: whether Worker sustained an injury "arising out of and in the course of his employment," NMSA 1978, § 52-1-28(A)(1) (Repl.Pamp.1991), when he was injured while engaged in...

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