Mustang Equipment, Inc. v. Welch

NELSON, Judge.

These consolidated appeals are before us as a result of the trial court’s action in separate motions for relief of judgment filed by The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (Mountain States) and Mustang Equipment Company (Mustang), defendants in the trial court.

The cause originated as a suit for personal injuries suffered by Ronald G. Welch (Welch) when the car he was driving was struck from the rear by a truck owned by Mountain States and driven by Jose G. Lopez (Lopez). Although Lopez was a defendant in the trial court, the jury found in his favor and he was not a…