LEA CTY GOOD SAMARITAN VIL. v. WOJCIK

No. 10331.

766 P.2d 920 (1988)

108 N.M. 76

LEA COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN VILLAGE and Zurich-American Insurance Companies, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gary Lee WOJCIK, Claimant-Appellee, v. Fabian CHAVEZ, Superintendent of Insurance for the State of New Mexico and the New Mexico Subsequent Injury Fund, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

November 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Olson, Thomas D. Haines, Jr. Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Roswell, for defendants-appellants.

James C. Ritchie, Gregory P. Smith, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee Zurich-American Ins. Co.

Lawrence D. Hanna, Hanna & LaBree, Hobbs, C. Barry Crutchfield, Templeman and Crutchfield, Lovington, for claimant-appellee.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Chief Judge.

The New Mexico Subsequent Injury Fund appeals from a judgment apportioning liability between the Fund and Lea County Good Samaritan Village and its insurance carrier, Zurich-American, for worker's compensation benefits payable to claimant. We discuss: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying the Fund a reduction for monies previously paid to claimant in settlement of a claim for a worker's prior injury involving the same...

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