Legal Opinion
Davis v. Gabriel
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 1990No. 10683PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
Roger Davis sued his former attorney, Elizabeth Gabriel, alleging that her legal malpractice caused him not to pursue a meritorious personal injury claim before the expiration of the statute-of-limitations period. The district court granted Gabriel a directed verdict on the ground that Davis’s underlying personal injury claim was without merit. We reverse. After noting that the district court misremembered the trial testimony, we examine the duty of a possessor of land with respect to open and obvious dangers. We also consider Gabriel’s contention that the directed verdict…
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