QUINTERO v. NEW MEXICO DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 28,875.

242 P.3d 470 (2010)

2010-NMCA-081

Sarah QUINTERO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Does 1 through 5, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, August 31, 2010, No. 32,542.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Branch Law Firm, Turner W. Branch , Frank Balderrama , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.

Long, Pound & Komer, P.A., Mark E. Komer , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellees.


OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} This case presents an issue of first impression: whether the Workers' Compensation Act (the Act), NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to -70 (1929, as amended through 2007), is the exclusive remedy for a clerical worker, who was injured as a result of the alleged negligence of a State agency while in the course of commuting on public transportation to her job, because she happened to work for a separate State agency. We...

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