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MORGAN v. PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW MEXICO

No. 5588.

652 P.2d 1226 (1982)

98 N.M. 775

Kristie Claire MORGAN, a widow and Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnny Ray Morgan, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO, Employer, purporting to be self-insured under the Workmen's Compensation Act of the State of New Mexico, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

October 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Albin, Henry F. Narvaez, Keleher & McLeod, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

Edward G. Parham, Michael E. Vigil, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

This appeal involves attorney fees in a worker's compensation case. We discuss: (1) jurisdiction to award attorney fees; (2) an award of attorney fees based on unsuccessful efforts to obtain a lump-sum award; and (3) the amount of attorney fees awarded in connection with the death benefits.

Jurisdiction

Johnny Ray Morgan died from injuries received while at work on October 12, 1979; he fell into a transformer...

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