Padilla v. Hooks International, Inc.

654 P.2d 574 (1982)

99 N.M. 121

Liberto PADILLA, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

HOOKS INTERNATIONAL, INC. and Thomas T. Manes, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 5493.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

October 19, 1982.

Certiorari Denied December 1, 1982.

James C. Ritchie, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.

Lowell Stout, Stout & Stout, Hobbs, Sarah M. Singleton, Singleton & Roberts-Hohl, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

The defendants appeal a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries following a directed verdict on the issue of liability…