Romero v. J. W. Jones Construction Co.

651 P.2d 1302 (1982)

98 N.M. 658

Joseph ROMERO, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

J.W. JONES CONSTRUCTION CO. and Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 5770.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 21, 1982.

Matias A. Zamora, P.A., Patrick A. Casey, P.A., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellant.

James G. Whitley, Jones, Gallegos, Snead & Wertheim, P.A., Santa Fe, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

Plaintiff, applying for employment with Jones (J.W. Jones Construction Company), represented that he was eighteen years old. In fact, he was under sixteen years of age. Plaintiff was…