McDONALD v. ARTESIA GENERAL HOSPITAL

No. 7310.

386 P.2d 708 (1963)

73 N.M. 188

Lenora M. McDONALD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARTESIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, Employer, and Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company, Insurer, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Musgrove, Farmington, for appellant.

Tansey, Wood, Rosebrough & Roberts, Farmington, for appellees.


NOBLE, Justice.

The appeal requires a determination, as a matter of law, whether the injury suffered by claimant is compensable under § 59-10-12(l), N.M.S.A. 1953.

Claimant, a nurse at Artesia General Hospital, worked from 11 o'clock p.m. until 7 o'clock a.m. She had completed her work and was leaving the hospital on her way home when she slipped and fell on the steps just outside the front door, one of four exits available to her. It was snowing...

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