Walker v. Key

OPINION

DONNELLY, Chief Judge.

This is a wrongful death action. Appellants are the personal representatives of the estates of Barbara Jo Black and Martin Black, decedents. They appeal from the entry of separate orders granting summary judgment in favor of the appellees Gerald M. Hietpas and his wife, Catherine Hietpas (Hietpases), and appellee Warning Lites, Inc. of Albuquerque (Warning Lites). They appeal in addition from an order granting appellee John Hietpas’s motion to dismiss.

The central issue presented on appeal is whether the holding in Lopez v. Maez, 98 N.M. 625, 651 P.2d 1269 (1982),…