SEABOARD FIRE & MARINE INS. CO. v. KURTH

No. 4112.

633 P.2d 1229 (1980)

96 N.M.App. 631

SEABOARD FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, and Joseph F. Higgins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Victoria A. KURTH, Defendants-Appellee,

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farlow & Bradley, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas A. Simons, IV, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

ANDREWS, Judge.

In this action we are asked to consider whether a claimant under the Workmen's Compensation Act [§§ 52-1-1 to 52-1-69, N.M.S.A. 1978], may assign all of his rights of action to a third party, in this case the workmen's compensation insurer.

On January 25, 1978, plaintiffs Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance Company and Joseph F. Higgins filed suit against defendant, Victoria Kurth, alleging damages arising out of...

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