DUDLEY v. FERGUSON TRUCKING COMPANY

No. 5934.

297 P.2d 313 (1956)

61 N.M. 166

James B. DUDLEY, Claimant-Appellee, v. FERGUSON TRUCKING COMPANY, a Corporation, Employer, and Travelers Insurance Company, Insurer, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert O. Robertson, Silver City, for appellants.

Garland & Sanders, James T. Martin, Jr., Las Cruces, for appellee.


McGHEE, Justice.

The defendants, employer and insurer, appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding claimant, employee, workmen's compensation benefits.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury when he was helping to load oil well drilling equipment on a truck. A drill collar rolled off a flat bed and struck his right foot. It was necessary that the great toe on this foot be amputated through the proximal portion of the first phalanx. Claimant was...

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