MATKINS v. ZERO REFRIGERATED LINES, INC.

No. 3449.

602 P.2d 195 (1979)

93 N.M. 511

Jerome D. MATKINS, Administrator of the Estate of Johnny Lee Smith, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZERO REFRIGERATED LINES, INC., a foreign corporation, and Jack D. Browning, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied August 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.T. Martin, Jr., Matkins & Martin, Carlsbad, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lawrence H. Hill, Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

WALTERS, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, as administrator of the estate of Johnny Lee Smith, appeals from the order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Browning and Zero Refrigerated Lines, Inc. (Zero) in this wrongful death action. We reverse the summary judgment entered in favor of Zero and affirm the summary judgment granted to Browning.

Appellant's deceased and Browning were employed as truck drivers by R ...

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