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SANCHEZ v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

No. 598.

487 P.2d 180 (1971)

82 N.M. 732

Servando S. SANCHEZ and Pedro Jaquis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY of New Mexico, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Issued July 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Quinn, Standley, Witt & Quinn, Santa Fe, Willard F. Kitts, Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John B. Tittmann, Keleher & McLeod, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

Plaintiffs were laborers engaged in the laying of ten inch cast-iron water pipes in an undeveloped area near the City of Albuquerque. A crane was being used to remove the pipes from semitrucks. The crane came in contact with one of defendant's power transmission cables, energized at that time with forty-six kilovolts of electricity. Plaintiffs were injured in the accident and sued Public Service Company, alleging negligent maintenance...

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