Martinez v. New Mexico Department of Transportation

OPINION

BOSSON, Justice

{1} New Mexico State Road 502 (NM 502), a winding mountainous roadway leading to and from Los Alamos, New Mexico, was designed partially with, and partially without center lane barriers to prevent cross-over collisions. Barriers were not installed at the site of the cross-over collision in this case. The New Mexico Department of Transportation (DOT), which has legal responsibility to maintain NM 502, was sued for negligently failing to remedy a dangerous condition when it chose not to replace the open center lane with cross-over barriers, after it was allegedly put on…