GARCIA v. SCHNEIDER, INC.

No. 9517.

731 P.2d 377 (1986)

105 N.M. 234

Rudy T. GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHNEIDER, INC., Employer, and CNA Insurance Companies, Insurer, and Arizona Public Service Company, a Self-Insured Employer, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron Caton, Tansey, Rosebrough, Roberts & Gerding, P.C., Farmington, for defendants-appellants.

Jay L. Faurot Jay L. Faurot, P.A., Farmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Martin J. Chavez, Director of the Workmen's Compensation Admin., Albuquerque, amicus curiae, the Workmen's Compensation Admin.

William H. Carpenter, Carpenter Law Offices, Ltd., Albuquerque, amicus curiae, New Mexico Trial Lawyers' Ass'n.


OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether NMSA 1978, Section 52-1-50 (Cum.Supp. 1985) imposes a dollar limit on the cost of vocational rehabilitation services under the Workmen's Compensation Act. We hold it does not, thereby overruling, to the extent it conflicts, Candelaria v. Hise Construction, 98 N.M. 763, 652 P.2d 1214 (Ct.App. 1981), aff'd in part...

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