Employers Planning Another Run at Amending Intoxication Law

New Mexico employers are considering a fifth try at changing state law to limit benefits available to workers who were intoxicated at the time of their injury, according to a report by the Albuquerque Journal.  Jason Espinoza, president of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry, on Wednesday said tightening the workers' compensation intoxication statutes is among the 2016 legislative priorities for the state's business community.  Employers have been pushing for new intoxication statutes since 2011, one year after the state Court of Appeals issued a controversi...