After a state Supreme Court decision filed Thursday, workers' compensation claimants in New Mexico will be eligible for temporary total disability benefits for life, provided they are not yet at maximum medical improvement.Before Justice Charles Daniels handed down the opinion in Sherrie Fowler v. Vista Care and American Home Insurance Co., it was common practice in New Mexico to apply the same 500- or 700-week duration limit on permanent partial disability benefits to TTD cases, according to the decision. However, Daniels concluded, the legislative intent behind New Mexico's Workers...
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