Legal Opinion
Drake v. Trujillo
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 13, 1996No. 16,529PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
1. This appeal and cross-appeal concern a negligence action. Defendant appeals the district court’s grant of a new trial to Plaintiff after the first trial resulted in a verdict for Defendant. Defendant also appeals the district court’s award of costs to Plaintiff when the judgment for Plaintiff in the second trial did not exceed the amount of an offer of judgment Defendant made before the first trial. Plaintiff cross-appeals the district court’s denial of her tendered res ipsa loquitur instruction. We affirm.
FACTS
2. Plaintiff and Defendant were involved in a ear…
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