Bloxsom v. San Luis Valley Crop Care, Inc.

Defendant, San Luis Crop Care, Inc. (San Luis), appealed from a judgment for $3,203.75 entered in favor of plaintiffs, Robert Bloxsom and Margaret Jean Bloxsom (Bloxsom), for damages to Bloxsom’s alfalfa crop. Trial was to the court. The plaintiffs alleged, and the trial court found, that the damage was caused by San Luis’ negligent aerial application of herbicides to an adjacent farm. We affirm.

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The Facts

G. E. Morgan 1 and Bloxsom cultivated adjacent farms in Rio Grande County. Morgan’s farm is located north of Bloxsom’s. In 1974, Morgan raised 100 acres of barley on a southern portion of…