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VELKOVITZ v. PENASCO INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST.

No. 13114

633 P.2d 685 (1981)

96 N.M. 577

Rhonda VELKOVITZ, Petitioner, v. PENASCO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, a corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

As Corrected August 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Ransom & Gilstrap, Terry M. Word, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Briggs F. Cheney, Shaffer, Butt, Thornton & Baehr, Albuquerque, for respondents.

OPINION

RIORDAN, Justice.

On certiorari, the sole issue is whether plaintiff's injuries are compensable under the Workmen's Compensation Act. §§ 52-1-1 to 52-1-69, N.M.S.A. 1978 and Cum. Supp. 1980. The trial court and the Court of Appeals both ruled against the plaintiff. We reverse.

For an injury to be compensable it must be caused by an accident "arising out of and in the course of employment." § 52-1-9, N.M.S.A. 1978. The phrase...

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