Strickland v. Roosevelt County Rural Electric Cooperative
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
This action was brought pursuant to the New Mexico Wrongful Death Act. Decedent was electrocuted while unloading soil conditioner delivered in a truck to a location specified by defendant Carter on Carter’s farm. Decedent’s truck came in close proximity to power lines installed and maintained by defendant Electric Cooperative. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of both defendants solely on the ground that decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered on the…
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