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MARTINEZ v. ZIA CO.

No. 6093.

664 P.2d 1021 (1983)

100 N.M. 8

Virgil C. MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The ZIA COMPANY and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sumner G. Buell, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellants.

Alfred M. Carvajal, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

In this worker's compensation case, the trial court increased the compensation award by ten percent on the basis that the injury "results from the negligence of the employer in failing to supply reasonable safety devices in general use for the use or protection of the workman * * *." NMSA 1978, § 52-1-10(B). Defendants appeal. We discuss: (1) pleading; (2) safety device; (3) general use; and (4) dispose of two motions.

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