JONES v. HOLIDAY INN EXP.

No. 32,698.

331 P.3d 992 (2014)

2014-NMCA-082

Sandy Allen JONES, Worker, v. HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS and AIG Claims Service n/k/a Chartis Insurance Company, Employer/Insurer/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Alea North American Insurance Company and Chubb Services Corporation, Third-Party Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mason & Isaacson, P.A., Thomas Lynn Isaacson , Gallup, NM, for Appellees.

Civerolo, Gralow, Hill & Curtis, Lawrence H. Hill , David M. Wesner , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.


OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} This case presents an issue of first impression: whether the Workers' Compensation Administration (WCA) has jurisdiction over a controversy between workers' compensation insurers, which has no effect on the rights of the worker. The workers' compensation judge (WCJ) found that it had jurisdiction to resolve matters that were ancillary to the purpose of the Workers' Compensation Act (the Compensation Act). We disagree...

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