Legal Opinion
Madsen v. Scott
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1999No. 25,218PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SERNA, Justice.
{1} Ronald and Terrisa Madsen, Plaintiffs, are suing Shawn Scott, Defendant-Homeowner, for the death of their son, Jason. The trial court granted summary judgment for Homeowner, finding that there was no genuine issue of material fact and that there was no principal-agent relationship between Homeowner and his house-sitter, Melvin Franklin. A majority of the Court of Appeals reversed, Madsen v. Scott, 1998— NMCA-092, 125 N.M. 475, 963 P.2d 552, and we granted Homeowner’s petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. We conclude that Homeowner was not an…
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