Opinion
No. A-1-CA-38541
10-20-2020
RAY FLOWERS, Deceased, Worker-Appellee, v. WESTERN MOTORS, INC. and NEW MEXICO MUTUAL CASUALTY CO., Employer/Insurer-Appellants.
Stout & Stout Lawyers LLP Drew Stout Mark Stout Hobbs, NM for Appellee Law Office of Nathan Cobb LLC Nathan A. Cobb Nathan D. Pederson Albuquerque, NM for Appellants
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APPEAL FROM THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION
Rachel A. Bayless, Workers' Compensation Judge
Stout & Stout Lawyers LLP
Drew Stout
Mark Stout
Hobbs, NM
for Appellee
Law Office of Nathan Cobb LLC
Nathan A. Cobb
Nathan D. Pederson
Albuquerque, NM
for Appellants
MEMORANDUM OPINION
VARGAS, Judge.
{1} Western Motors, Inc., and New Mexico Mutual Casualty Co. (Employer/Insurer) appeal from the workers' compensation judge's (WCJ) order, entered October 7, 2019, concluding that Ray Flowers (Worker) was an independent contractor at the time he
was injured and thus the Workers' Compensation Act did not apply. This Court issued a notice of proposed disposition, proposing to affirm. Worker filed a memorandum in support of proposed summary affirmance. Employer/Insurer have not filed any memoranda in opposition to this Court's calendar notice, and the time for doing so has now passed. "Failure to file a memorandum in opposition constitutes acceptance of the disposition proposed in the calendar notice." Frick v. Veazey, 1993-NMCA-119, ¶ 2, 116 N.M. 246, 861 P.2d 287. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in our notice of proposed disposition and herein, we affirm the WCJ's order.
{2} IT IS SO ORDERED.
JULIE J. VARGAS, Judge
WE CONCUR:
JENNIFER L. ATTREP, Judge
KRISTINA BOGARDUS, Judge