Virginia MADRID and Christine Rodriguez, Workers-Appellants,
v.
ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, self-insured, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Employers-Insurers-Appellees.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 22, 1996.
Rehearing Denied December 2, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lorenzo A. Chavez, Luis Quintana, Avelino V. Gutierrez, Albuquerque, for Appellants.
D. James Sorenson, P.C., D. James Sorenson, Albuquerque, Bradley & McCulloch, P.A., Robert A. Martin, Lisa T. Mack, Rosemary Dillon, Albuquerque, for Appellees.
Tom Udall, Attorney General, John H. Clough, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, Robert M. Aurbach, General Counsel, Workers' Compensation Administration, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae Workers' Compensation Administration.
Leslie Brueckner, Gary Peller, Washington, DC, Daymon B. Ely, Albuquerque, Durkovich & Martinez, Stephen G. Durkovich, Albuquerque, Don D. Vigil, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae Trial Lawyers for Public Justice N.M. Trial Lawyers Association.
Butt, Thornton & Baehr, P.C., Emily A. Franke, David N. Whitham, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae N.M. Defense Lawyers Association.
Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Gary Kilpatric, Carolyn Wolf, Santa Fe, Hall & Evans, L.L.C., Alan Epstein, Barbara Schuman Heckler, Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae American Insurance Association and Business & Labor Workers' Compensation Coalition.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
OPINION
BACA, Chief Justice.
Appellants challenge the constitutionality of the New Mexico Workers' Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to -70 (Repl.Pamp.1991 & Cum.Supp.1995) ("the Act"), under which each was denied the level of permanent partial disability benefits (PPD) she sought.1 Each Appellant raises similar constitutional challenges to the Act. The Workers' Compensation Administration has no authority...
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