Legal Opinion
Marcus Ex Rel. Estate of Marcus v. Cortese
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided May 13, 1982No. 5368PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEAL, Judge.
In this negligence case the trial judge found the plaintiff 85% negligent and the defendant 15% negligent. Defendant appeals claiming that the finding that he was 15% negligent is not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.
Several issues are raised by this appeal. First, whether the trial court’s findings of fact were adequate when all they said was that (1) there was an accident in which defendant’s truck ran into plaintiff’s decedent; (2) as a result of which plaintiff suffered $230,000 in damages; (3) plaintiff’s decedent was negligent and his negligence…
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3Cited by20 opinions
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