Legal Action Vowed to Make Farmers, Ranchers Get Workers' Comp

The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty plans legal action against the state Workers' Compensation Administration for failing to enforce what it says is a clear state appellate court ruling in November.The court upheld a trial court decision that declared unconstitutional a longstanding statute that exempts farmers and ranchers from providing workers' compensation coverage to workers. The law and poverty center says farmers and ranchers now need workers' compensation insurance to comply with the recent ruling. But the New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration disagrees.T...