WOODSON v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.

No. 15689.

695 P.2d 483 (1985)

102 N.M. 333

Rosalie WOODSON, Widow of J.O. Woodson, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Andrew Stewart Woodson, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY and its workmen's compensation carrier, if any, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Kenneth J. Ferguson, Albuquerque, Kenneth Heady, C.J. Roberts, Bartlesville, Okl., George Terry, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.

Stout & Stout, Lowell Stout, Hobbs, Templeman & Crutchfield, C. Barry Crutchfield, Lovington, Sarah M. Singleton, Santa Fe, for appellees.


OPINION

FEDERICI, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals has certified this workmen's compensation case to this Court pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 34-5-14(C)(2) (Repl.Pamp. 1981), which provides for certification to the Supreme Court of matters that involve issues of "substantial public interest that should be determined by the supreme court." The appeal presents two issues: whether the award by the trial court to one of the two claimants of a lump sum payment...

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