TAPIA v. PANHANDLE STEEL ERECTORS COMPANY

No. 8167.

428 P.2d 625 (1967)

78 N.M. 86

Bennie TAPIA and Western Casualty and Surety Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PANHANDLE STEEL ERECTORS COMPANY and Joe G. Myszkowski, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sutin & Jones, Albuquerque, for appellants.

Lorenzo A. Chavez, Melvin L. Robins, Albuquerque, for Bennie Tapia.

Toulouse, Ruud, Gallagher & Walters, J.E. Casados, Albuquerque, for Western Casualty.


OPINION

NOBLE, Justice.

Panhandle Steel Erectors Company (hereafter termed Panhandle) and Joe G. Myszkowski, defendants below, have appealed from a $40,000 judgment for personal injuries suffered by Bennie Tapia, plaintiff below, entered pursuant to a jury verdict.

Tapia fell from a ladder and was injured while working as a welder on a building being constructed for the University of New Mexico. His employer, Underwood-Testman Company, was the project...

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