LOVATO v. PLATEAU, INC.

No. 172.

444 P.2d 613 (1968)

79 N.M. 428

Saviniano LOVATO and Angelina Lovato, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PLATEAU, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Donald L. Salazar and Leroy Martinez, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

August 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Thompson, Espanola, Leon Karelitz, Las Vegas, Matias A. Zamora, Santa Fe, for appellants.

William W. Gilbert, White, Gilbert, Koch & Kelly, Santa Fe, Chacon & Melendez, Espanola, for appellees.


OPINION

OMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict for defendants.

There are disputes in the evidence as to some of the issues, and particularly as to where and how the fire started which damaged plaintiffs' pickup truck and caused burns upon portions of plaintiffs' bodies. However, the law is well established in New Mexico that in considering a motion by defendant for a directed verdict the trial...

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