Legal Opinion
Wachocki v. Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 11, 2011No. 32,131PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAES, Justice.
{1} This appeal involves the loss-of-eonsortium claim brought by Bill Wachocki (Bill), the adult brother of Jason Wachocki (Jason). Twenty-two-year-old Jason was killed when his vehicle was struck by a speeding van driven by Willie Hiley (Willie), a corrections officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center (jail). Bill argues his loss-of-consortium claim was improperly foreclosed by the application of the “mutual dependence” standard which was developed for spousal-type relationships. Lozoya v. Sanchez, 2003-NMSC-009, ¶ 27, 133 N.M. 579, 66 P.3d 948 (internal quotation…
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