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PADILLA v. FRITO-LAY, INC.

No. 5201.

639 P.2d 1208 (1981)

97 N.M. 354

Gilbert PADILLA, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. FRITO-LAY, INC., Employer and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Insurer, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Davison Lebeck, Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants and cross-appellees.

Richard J. Crollett, Roybal & Crollett, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant.

OPINION

WALTERS, Chief Judge

In this workmen's compensation case, the issue is the propriety of a lump-sum award to plaintiff.

Gilbert Padilla was injured in the course of his employment with defendant Frito-Lay, Inc. As a result of the injury, he suffered complete blindness in the right eye and almost complete blindness in the left eye, along with other related injuries. The court found that Padilla was entitled to permanent and total disability...

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