Legal Opinion

Huff v. Dunaway

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided August 26, 1957No. 6219PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SADLER, Justice.

The question for decision is whether the plaintiff-appellant, a regular employee of intervenor-appellant, at the time of the injury complained of, was injured through the negligence of a fellow servant and co-employee working under the supervision, control and for the benefit of plaintiff’s employer, the intervenor, at the moment of his injury; or, was the injury occasioned by the negligence of an agent and employee of a defendant whose relationship to intervenor at the time of injury was that of an ■ independent contractor.

The plaintiff’s action was grounded on the latter…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Murray's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
  2. Burruss v. B. M. C. Logging Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1934
  3. De Palma v. WeinmanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Jones v. George F. Getty Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
  5. Bland v. Greenfield Gin Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Tipton v. ClowerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Harger v. Structural Services, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Harless v. EwingNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
  4. Fresquez v. Southwestern Industrial Contractors & Riggers, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Harless v. EwingNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970

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