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MONTOYA v. AKAL SEC., INC.

No. 20116.

838 P.2d 971 (1992)

114 N.M. 354

Carmella M. MONTOYA, Petitioner, v. AKAL SECURITY, INC. and Royal Insurance Co., Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Purdy, Santa Fe, for petitioner.

Montgomery & Andrews, Katherine W. Hall, Santa Fe, for respondents.

OPINION

RANSOM, Chief Justice.

We issued our writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to reconsider the rule that satisfaction of a claim against a third-party tortfeasor extinguishes a worker's right to compensation and related benefits arising from the same circumstances as the third-party claim. That rule derives from Castro v. Bass, 74 N.M. 254, 392 P.2d 668 (1964), and NMSA 1978...

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