ORTEGA v. NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

No. 7975.

420 P.2d 771 (1966)

77 N.M. 185

Joe Anastacio ORTEGA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT and Mountain States Mutual Casualty Co., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricio Sanchez, James E. Thomson, Santa Fe, for appellee.

Jones, Gallegos, Snead & Wertheim, Santa Fe, for appellants.


OPINION

MOISE, Justice.

Appellants seek reversal of a judgment awarding appellee 80% partial permanent disability growing out of an accidental injury suffered on November 19, 1963, while appellee was employed as a utility (manual) laborer by the appellant, New Mexico State Highway Department.

Appellee is a high school graduate and was 24 years of age at the time of trial. Prior to his employment by the highway department, appellee worked for a Coca...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases