Legal Opinion
Bustos v. City of Clovis
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided November 23, 2015No. S-1-SC-35651; S-1-SC-35658; Docket 33,405PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VIGIL, Chief Judge.
{1} This case requires us to revisit the requirements for imposing joint and several liability on the original tortfeasor when there are successive tortfeasors. We conclude that the district court erred in granting summary judgment on Plaintiffs’ wrongful death claim after ruling as a matter of law that joint and several liability does not apply in this case.
{2} In addition, we agree with Plaintiffs that Defendants’ use of peremptory challenges resulted in the unconstitutional exclusion of Hispanics from the jury, and the defense verdicts on the claims that were…
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