Widow of Officer Who Drowned Rescuing Child Gets Death Benefits

A New Mexico appellate court ruled that the widow of an off-duty tribal police officer who died more than a decade ago after he rescued a child from the Rio Grande River is entitled to workers' compensation benefits.The case, Schultz v. Pojoaque Tribal Police Department, has been the subject of several appellate court rulings ever since a workers' compensation judge ruled that the widow's claim was time-barred and that her husband's death hadn't happened in the course of his employment. The state Supreme Court twice revived the case after the Court of Appeals ruled aga...