Effect of failure of worker to file claim by reason of conduct

of employer. The failure of any person entitled to benefits under the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law to give any notice or file any claim within the time fixed by that law shall not deprive the person of the right to benefits where the failure was caused in whole or in part by the conduct of the employer or insurer which reasonably led the person entitled to compensation to believe the benefits would be paid. History: 1953 Comp., § 59-11-16.7, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 299, § 12; 1986, ch. 22, § 61; 1989, ch. 263, § 56.