MARCUS v. CORTESE

No. 5368.

649 P.2d 482 (1982)

98 N.M. 414

Anneliese MARCUS, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert L. Marcus, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Mike CORTESE and Navajo Freight Lines Incorporated, A Foreign Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Duhigg, Duhigg & Cronin, Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Henry G. Coors, IV, Harold D. Stratton, Jr., Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

NEAL, Judge.

In this negligence case the trial judge found the plaintiff 85% negligent and the defendant 15% negligent. Defendant appeals claiming that the finding that he was 15% negligent is not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.

Several issues are raised by this appeal. First, whether the trial court's findings of fact were adequate when all they said was that (1) there was an accident in which defendant's truck ran into plaintiff...

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