New Mexico high court to weigh in on workers’ comp question

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court plans to review a lower court ruling that cleared the way for farm and ranch laborers across the state to receive workers’ compensation benefits.
The justices this week issued a brief order suspending a ruling by the New Mexico Court of Appeals until they can hear oral arguments and make a final decision.
The appellate court issued an opinion last year that declared unconstitutional a decades-old provision in state law regarding farm an