Legal Opinion
Folz v. State
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 1990No. 18029PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
This wrongful death and personal injury action was brought against the state and its agency, the Highway Department, and against Slurry Seal, Inc., a highway construction company. Plaintiffs claimed that negligence in the control of traffic at a mountain-site construction project contributed to deaths and injuries from a runaway truck driven by Enrique Peters. A verdict of $651,686.85 was rendered against the Department. Under the Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-4-1 to -27 (Repl. Pamp.1989), the statutory immunity from tort liability enjoyed by a governmental…
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