CHAPMAN v. JESCO, INC.

No. 5584.

652 P.2d 257 (1982)

98 N.M. 707

Anna CHAPMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JESCO, INC. and the Hartford Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Santillanes, Klecan & Santillanes, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.

Benjamin S. Eastburn, Haynes, Eastburn, Hale & Palmer, Farmington, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

This appeal involves a substantial evidence question in a workmen's compensation case. The trial court found that plaintiff was 75% partially disabled as defined by the Workmen's Compensation Act. Defendants claim there is no substantial evidence to support the finding. We disagree. We affirm the judgment in favor of plaintiff.

Defendants rely primarily on percentage evaluations fixed by expert witnesses. Unfortunately, lawyers...

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