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SOWDERS v. MFG DRILLING CO.

No. 8664.

705 P.2d 172 (1985)

Tonya SOWDERS, as mother and next friend of Lou Ann Sowders, a minor, and DIana Lee Malone, as mother and next friend of Eric Lee Sowders, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MFG DRILLING COMPANY, a corporation, and Employers National Insurance Company, their Workmen's Compensation Insurer, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Forbes, Michael E. Dargel, McCormick, Forbes, Caraway and Tabor, Carlsbad, for defendants-appellants.

James L. Shuler, Rosenberg, Shuler, Murphy & Meyer, Carlsbad, guardian ad litem for Lou Ann Sowders, a minor.

B.G. Davis, Matkins and Davis, Carlsbad, guardian ad litem for Eric Lee Sowders, a minor.

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

Defendants appeal from the award of lump-sum compensation for the benefit of a deceased worker's minor children. We proposed summary affirmance. Defendants filed a timely memorandum in opposition. Having considered defendants' arguments, we affirm.

The sole issue in this appeal is the propriety of a lump-sum award. The statutory authority for making a lump-sum award is found in NMSA 1978, Section 52-1-30(B). A lump-sum payment...

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