STRONG v. SYSCO CORP./NOBEL SYSCO

No. 11144.

776 P.2d 1258 (1989)

108 N.M. 639

Lyle STRONG, Claimant-Appellee, v. SYSCO CORPORATION/NOBEL SYSCO and American Motorists Insurance Company, Respondents-Appellees, and David H. Pearlman, P.A., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Pearlman, P.A., Albuquerque, pro se.

Donald E. Lepley, Butt, Thornton & Baehr, P.C., Albuquerque, for respondents-appellees.


OPINION

APODACA, Judge.

Worker's attorney (Attorney), claiming an abuse of discretion, appeals the hearing officer's refusal to award his attorney fees in a lump sum payable by employer. Concluding the hearing officer did not abuse his discretion, we affirm.

Worker was injured on February 19, 1987. The parties concede that the interim worker's compensation act applies. See NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to 52-1-69 (Orig.

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