CARDOZA v. TOWN OF SILVER CITY

No. 4697.

628 P.2d 1126 (1981)

96 N.M. 130

Luis S. CARDOZA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The TOWN OF SILVER CITY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Meiering, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

Anthony F. Avallone, Las Cruces, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

This is a personal injury action brought by plaintiff to recover damages sustained when he drove his vehicle over a manhole cover in a street in Silver City, New Mexico. The jury found for plaintiff and defendant appeals from the judgment rendered. We affirm.

At about 3 a.m. on November 28, 1976, plaintiff was driving down 21st Street in Silver City, New Mexico. The street was snow packed. Suddenly, plaintiff felt a big jolt...

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