Owens Ex Rel. Owens v. Leavitts Freight Service, Inc.

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a district court order granting dual motions for summary judgment in favor of defendants Transportation Division of the State Board of Education and Bill G. Loshbough (State), and the Gallup-MeKinley County School District and George Hoover (School District). We affirm as to the State defendants and reverse as to the School District defendants.

Preliminarily, we discuss the State’s claim that plaintiffs’ appeal should fail because their brief neglected to specifically challenge the trial court’s findings that allegations against the State were not…