Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Sandoval v. Cortez

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided July 16, 1975No. 1680Published

1ConcurrenceSutin, Judge

(specially concurring).

I specially concur.

A. Instruction No. 7 was erroneous, but the error was not preserved for review.

Plaintiff properly objected to instruction No. 7 for the reason that “it does not apply to any parties to this suit, and that such issue was not concerned with the proximate cause of the accident in question.”

This statutory instruction refers to a vehicle at an intersection or private roadway preparing to make a turn. The driver must signal his turn. The statute applies to the vehicle in “front” of plaintiffs vehicle. It does not apply to plaintiff or defendant. Plaintiff…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Saiz Ex Rel. Waite v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
  2. Galvan v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Gonzales v. RiveraNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Martinez v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
  5. May v. BakliniNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973

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