Trujillo v. City of Albuquerque
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDREWS, Judge.
The question presented in this case is whether, prior to both the prospective abrogation of the doctrine of sovereign immunity by our Supreme Court in Hicks v. State, 88 N.M. 588, 544 P.2d 1153 (1975), and the enactment of New Mexico’s Tort Claims Act, § 41 — 4-1 et seq., N.M.S.A.1978, a municipality of this State could be sued for its failure to provide adequate police protection in a public park. The trial court found that such a suit could not be maintained. We affirm.
On June 22, 1975, plaintiff’s decedent, Ernest Trujillo, along with a group of friends, was in…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Riss v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Hicks v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976
- Barnett v. Cal M, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Henderson v. City of St. PetersburgDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
- Doe v. HendricksNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
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- Trujillo v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
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