GARCIA v. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BD.

No. 4346.

622 P.2d 699 (1980)

95 N.M. 391

Michael GARCIA, a minor, and Joseph V. and Louisa A. Garcia, guardians and next friends of Michael Garcia, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION, aka, Albuquerque Public Schools, and Charles Otero, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Writ Quashed January 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Ransom, Smith, Ransom & Gilstrap, Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Duke Thornton, Deborah S. Davis, Shaffer, Butt, Thornton & Baehr, P.C., Albuquerque, John B. Pound, Montgomery, Andrews & Hannahs, P.A., Santa Fe, Carl H. Esbeck, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

This case was brought in the District Court of Bernalillo County to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by a twelve year old student who was struck by his public school teacher. Because the New Mexico Tort Claims Act accords governmental immunity to the defendants, the Court dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

Plaintiffs assert the Tort Claims Act, § 41-4-1 et seq...

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