Legal Opinion
Martinez v. New Mexico Department of Transportation
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 1, 2011No. 28,661; Docket 33,083PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Judge.
{1} This case stems from a head-on collision between a vehicle driven by Amelia Martinez, in which Donald Espinoza was a passenger, and another vehicle driven by Anthony Griego. All involved died. Plaintiffs, representatives of Martinez’s and Espinoza’s estates, pursue wrongful death and loss of consortium claims against the New Mexico Department of Transportation (DOT) for negligent failure to maintain the road. The district court granted DOT partial summary judgment on the grounds that DOT’s alleged failure to install a concrete barrier separating traffic constituted a…
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