BROOKS v. HOBBS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

Nos. 7582, 7587.

688 P.2d 25 (1984)

101 N.M. 707

Betty Sue BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. HOBBS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS and Employers National Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gilbert Bryan, Bryan & Fischer, Hobbs, for plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee.

J.W. Neal, Neal & Neal, Hobbs, Sasha Siemel, Sutin, Thayer & Browne, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees and cross-appellants.


OPINION

BIVINS, Judge

In this worker's compensation case plaintiff Brooks appeals from a judgment reducing her compensation benefits by 50% because of refusal to submit to medical or surgical treatment. Defendants cross-appeal the award of attorney fees on the basis that Brooks was unsuccessful. Because the defendants were voluntarily paying compensation benefits at the time they petitioned the trial court...

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