BENAVIDEZ v. SIERRA BLANCA MOTORS

No. 16022.

907 P.2d 1018 (1995)

120 N.M. 837

Jose Ventura BENAVIDEZ, Claimant-Appellant, v. SIERRA BLANCA MOTORS and Department of Corrections, State of New Mexico, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

November 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon O.M. Henning, Warren F. Reynolds, P.A., Hobbs, for Claimant-Appellant.

David L. Skinner and Victoria L. Williams, Pelton & O'Brien, P.A., Albuquerque, for Defendant-Appellee Sierra Blanca Motors.

Norman D. Ewart, Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, P.L.L.C., Roswell, for Defendant-Appellee Department of Corrections.


OPINION

APODACA, Chief Judge.

1. Jose Ventura Benavidez (Claimant) appeals an order of the workers' compensation judge (the judge) granting summary judgment to Sierra Blanca Motors (Sierra Blanca) and the Department of Corrections (the Department) and denying his cross-motion for summary judgment against Sierra Blanca. Claimant, who was a prisoner at the time of his injury, raises one issue on appeal: whether a prisoner who voluntarily participates...

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