Legal Opinion
Safeway, Inc. v. Rooter 2000 Plumbing and Drain SSS
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 2016No. 33,969PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAES, Justice.
{1} This appeal arises out of a cross-claim for contractual and traditional indemnification. The complaint alleged that Plaintiffs, Briana Fierro and Jason Fierro, suffered injuries when a baby changing table collapsed in a Safeway store, and that the collapse was the result of negligence on the part of Safeway, Inc. (Safeway) and Rooter 2000 Plumbing and Drain SSS (Rooter). The central issue is whether the right to traditional indemnification is available notwithstanding New Mexico’s adoption of comparative fault where the jury compared and apportioned fault among…
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