Court Opinion

ID: 9551358
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:52:00.698681+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:38.494599
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NOBLE, Justice (dissenting). The injury in this case was limited to a specific body member, the lower left leg. The disability to other parts of the body for which total permanent disability compensation was awarded was clearly “disability resulting from an accidental injury to specific body members,” i. e., the lower part of the left leg. The trial court specifically so found. For the reasons set forth in the dissent to Webb v. Hamilton, No. 8132, opinion filed this day, § 59-10-18.4, N.M.S.A.1953, restricts the compensation award for such resulting disability to that provided in § 59-10-18.4, schedule A. Accordingly, I cannot agree with the interpretation placed on § 59-10-18.4, supra, by the majority and must dissent.