(DOWNLOAD) "Woodson V. Phillips Petroleum Co." by New Mexico Supreme Court # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Woodson V. Phillips Petroleum Co.
- Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 20, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
Description
The Court of Appeals has certified this workmen's compensation case to this Court pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 34-5-14(C)(2) (Repl. Pamp.1981), which provides for certification to the Supreme Court of matters that involve issues of "substantial public interest that should be determined by the supreme court." The appeal presents two issues: whether the award by the trial court to one of the two claimants of a lump sum payment, rather than periodic payments, was proper; and whether the attorney fees awarded to the claimants' attorneys are excessive. Certification of this case was prompted because the Court of Appeals felt that there exists some confusion on the status of the law relating to the setting of attorney fees. We discuss (1) the issue of the lump sum payment, and (2) the standards to be applied by the trial courts in fixing the amount of attorney fees to be properly allowed in workmen's compensation cases.