Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Southern Pacific Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1974No. 73-1675PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action Southern Pacific Transportation Company appeals a $150,000 jury verdict awarded appellees for the wrongful deaths of three members of the Domingo Lopez family. Appellant also challenges the trial court’s dismissal of the City of Alamogordo, New Mexico, as a third party defendant.
Pertinent facts leading up to this appeal include the following. The Domingo Lopez family lived in a residential area outside the city limits of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Their main access to the City was Canal Street crossing, a railroad crossing using standard city stop…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Thompson v. AndermanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955
- Kelly v. MontoyaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
- Trujillo v. ChavezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Utah Corporation v. Jimmie Rex LumbertCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Landers v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Bucyrus-Erie Company, Cross-Appellant v. General Products Corporation and John A. Hubly, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- City of Belen v. HarrellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1979
- Tomas R. Trejo v. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- Frank Chavez v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, a New York Corporation, Rolando Garza Zarate v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Medley v. Polk CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
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