LAMONT v. NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE

No. 3596.

595 P.2d 774 (1979)

92 N.M. 804

Helen D. LAMONT, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE, Employer, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Insurer, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Catron, Catron, Catron & Sawtell, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellants and cross-appellees.

John Wentworth and Steven L. Tucker, Jones, Gallegos, Snead & Wertheim, P.A., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant.


OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

Defendants appeal a judgment in a workmen's compensation case awarding benefits and attorney fees to plaintiff. Plaintiff cross appeals the trial court's denial of her request for a lump sum award. We affirm.

The issues for decision on appeal are (1) whether the rate of compensation in effect on the date of disability applies or whether the rate in effect on the date of the original accident applies; (2) whether the amount of...

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