RODRIGUEZ v. BRAND WEST DAIRY

Nos. 33,104, 33,675.

356 P.3d 546 (2015)

2015-NMCA-097

Noe RODRIGUEZ, Worker-Appellant, v. BRAND WEST DAIRY, uninsured employer and Uninsured Employer's Fund, statutory payor, Employer/Insurer-Appellees, Maria Angelica Aguirre, Worker-Appellant, v. M.A. & Sons Chili Products and Food Industry Self Insurance Fund of New Mexico, Employer/Insurer-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, August 31, 2015, Nos. 35,426, 35,438.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, Gail Evans , Maria Martinez Sanchez , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM Richard J. Crollett , Special Assistant Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Uninsured Employers Fund.

Maestas & Suggett, P.C., Paul Maestas , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellees and Amicus Curiae New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, Dairy Producers of New Mexico and Dairy Farmers of New Mexico.


OPINION

{1} In these consolidated appeals, Workers challenge the dismissals of their workers' compensation claims, which were based on the portion of the Workers' Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 52-1-1 to -70 (1929, as amended through 2013), excluding farm and ranch laborers from its coverage. See...

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