Court Declines to Apply Statutory Modifiers to Retired Worker's PPD Award

The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a retired worker was not entitled to the application of statutory modifiers to his permanent partial disability award. Case: Salazar v. Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, No. A-CA-38393, 10/18/2021, unpublished. Facts: Henry P. Salazar worked for the Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority. He suffered injuries in a fall at work in September 2016. Salazar missed a week of work. He reached maximum medical improvement about a year later and then filed a claim for permanent partial disability benefits. The utility authority paid the re...