Legal Opinion
Cross v. City of Clovis
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1988No. 17253PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
In this action for the wrongful death of plaintiffs thirteen-year-old son, Alan Cross, we granted certiorari to review the decision of the court of appeals that upheld a directed verdict for defendant City of Clovis. As personal representative, James Cross had brought suit under the Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-4-1 to -27 (Repl.Pamp.1986), alleging negligence of two city police officers in maintaining a police roadblock.
On September 30, 1983, Alan was fatally struck by a stolen Mercedes after it crashed through a police roadblock, veered around another…
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