Legal Opinion
Trujillo v. City of Albuquerque
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 1990No. 18296PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Lawrence Trujillo obtained a personal injury judgment of $547,905.80 against the City of Albuquerque. His injuries occurred when a City employee, Clarence M. Wright, drove a City crane through a red light and collided with a cement truck driven by Trujillo. Negligent maintenance of the crane’s brakes and its negligent operation were found by the court in this nonjury trial to be concurrent proximate causes of the collision.
The trial court determined that, under Section 41-4-19(A)(2) of the Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-4-1 to -27 (Repl.Pamp.1986), the accident…
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