HIGGINS v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF N. M. STATE HOSP.

No. 7347.

389 P.2d 616 (1964)

73 N.M. 502

Joe A. HIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF the NEW MEXICO STATE HOSPITAL, Employer and Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit, Michigan, Insurer, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Martinez, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Keleher & McLeod, Russell Moore, Albuquerque, for appellee.


COMPTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of San Miguel County dismissing the plaintiff's claim for workmen's compensation benefits, and the decisive question is whether the employer had actual knowledge of the occurrence resulting in a compensable injury.

Appellant alleged total and permanent disability as the result of a back injury suffered by him in the course of his employment as a cook at the New Mexico State Hospital...

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