TRUJILLO v. SONIC DRIVE-IN/MERRITT

No. 17041.

924 P.2d 1371 (1996)

122 N.M. 359

Donna TRUJILLO, Worker-Appellant, v. SONIC DRIVE-IN/MERRITT and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Employer/Insurer-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter V. Culbert, Jones, Snead, Wertheim, Wentworth & Jaramillo, P.A., Santa Fe, for Worker-Appellant.

Robert Bruce Collins, Donald C. Clifford, Nancy Augustus, Albuquerque, for Employer/Insurer-Appellees.


OPINION

APODACA, Chief Judge.

1. Worker appeals from an order of the workers' compensation judge (the judge). The order established the employer's and insurer's (referred to collectively as Employer) right to reimbursement for compensation benefits and advanced litigation expenses from sums obtained by Worker in settlement of a third-party tort claim. Worker argues the following issues on appeal: (1) the amount by which Employer was relieved from...

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