Court Rejects Worker's Challenge to MMI Determination

The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s determination of a worker’s date of maximum medical improvement. Case: Aragon v. Wilson & Co., No. A-1-CA-35034, 07/15/2019, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Filiberto Aragon worked for Wilson & Co. He suffered injuries at work in October 2011 when he was knocked off a truck. Aragon filed a workers’ compensation claim in November 2012. He requested a lump sum advance of weekly compensation benefits of $9,588.63 and asserted that his date of MMI was July 24, 2012. A workers’ compensation judge to...