STEERE TANK LINES, INC. v. ROGERS

Nos. 11937, 11949.

581 P.2d 456 (1978)

91 N.M. 768

STEERE TANK LINES, INC., a Texas Corporation (Employer) and Transport Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Loraine M. ROGERS, Respondent. Loraine M. ROGERS, Petitioner, v. STEERE TANK LINES, INC., a Texas Corporation, and Transport Insurance Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Gallegos, Snead & Wertheim, Steven L. Tucker, Santa Fe, for respondent No. 11937 and petitioners No. 11949.

Cusack, Schnedar & Fleming, William C. Fleming, Roswell, for respondent No. 11949 and petitioners No. 11937.


OPINION

McMANUS, Chief Justice.

The decedent, respondent's husband, was involved in a single-car, fatal accident on November 30, 1975. Respondent brought suit to recover medical benefits and death benefits under New Mexico's Workmen's Compensation Act, § 59-10-1, et seq., N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. 1974). Judgment was entered in favor of the employer-petitioner. The Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the lower court on the basis that the blood sample...

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