WCA Adopts Attorney Fee, Case Management Rules

The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration on Tuesday adopted rules that it said will provide more clarity when awarding attorney fees and eliminate a provision that inadvertently limits communications with case managers. Changes to the attorney fee rules require that all petitions for fees equal to or above the cap include a discussion of a multiple factors, including the time and effort the attorney expended in the case and the attorney's experience, skill and reputation; the extent to which issues were contested and the novelty or complexity of those issues; the relat...