Legal Opinion
Hicks v. State
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1976No. 10134PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTOYA, Justice.
This appeal arises from an order of the Santa Fe County District Court granting the motion of defendant State of New Mexico to dismiss on the ground that the action of plaintiff Ron E. Hicks was barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
Suit was originally brought in the District Court of Santa Fe County on August 6, 1973, to recover damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s wife and minor daughter due allegedly to the negligence of the State Highway Department. These deaths were the result of an accident near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, on December 26, 1972, when…
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