STRICKLAND v. ROOSEVELT CTY. RURAL ELEC.

No. 5645.

657 P.2d 1184 (1982)

99 N.M. 335

Rhoda Ann STRICKLAND, as personal representative of the Estate of Joseph Kay Strickland, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, and Security Insurance Company of Hartford, Plaintiff in Intervention-Appellee, v. ROOSEVELT COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Cyril E. Carter, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied February 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene E. Klecan, Janet Santillanes, Klecan & Santillanes, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Richard F. Rowley II, Clovis, Sarah M. Singleton, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Dan B. Buzzard, Clovis, for defendant-appellee Cyril E. Carter.

Nancy L. Garner, Larry D. Beall, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff in intervention-appellee.


OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

Joseph Strickland was delivering a truckload of soil conditioner to Carter's farm. While unloading, with the bed of the trailer raised, the bed came close to overhead electric wires of the Electric Company (Roosevelt County Rural Electric Cooperative). Strickland was electrocuted. Plaintiff sought damages for wrongful death. The jury's verdict was in favor of Carter; its verdict was against the Electric Company. Plaintiff appeals; the...

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