ELLIOTT v. TAOS SKI VALLEY, INC.

No. 755.

494 P.2d 1392 (1972)

83 N.M. 575

Elizabeth A. ELLIOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TAOS SKI VALLEY, INC., a Corporation, and American Employers' Insurance Company, a Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted March 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matias A. Zamora, Santa Fe, Russell Moore, Keleher & McLeod, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

John A. Mitchell, Mitchell, Mitchell & Alley, Frank Andrews, Montgomery, Federici, Andrews, Hannahs & Morris, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict granted defendants, arising out of a suit to recover damages for aggravation of a personal injury. Elizabeth A. Elliott, while skiing, fell and suffered a compression fracture of the bone of the left leg at the hip joint.

We reverse.

The trial court directed a verdict on the following grounds: (1) the defendants were not negligent as a matter of law; (2) Elliott was contributorily...

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