STATE, ETC. v. GATHMAN-MATOTAN, ETC.

Nos. 5670 to 5672.

653 P.2d 166 (1982)

STATE OF N.M., ex rel., RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GATHMAN-MATOTAN ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS, INC., & W.C. Kruger and Associates Architects-Planners, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Armour World Wide Glass Co., Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Central Glass & Mirror Co., Inc., John Doe Insurance Co., International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Defendants. Jimmy URIOSTE, Special Administrator of the Estate of Mario Urioste, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. WARDEN OF THE PENITENTIARY OF N.M., Third-Party Plaintiff & Defendant-Appellant, and State of New Mexico Corrections & Criminal Rehabilitation Department of the State of New Mexico; Bruce King, Governor of the State of New Mexico; the Secretary of Corrections & Criminal Rehabilitation, Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs, and Gathman-matotan Architects and Planners, Inc., & International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Defendants-Third Party Defendants-Appellees. Jimmy URIOSTE, Special Administrator of The Estate of Mario Urioste, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. STATE of New Mexico CORRECTIONS & CRIMINAL REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT of the State of New Mexico; Bruce King, Governor of the State of New Mexico; the Secretary of Corrections & Criminal Rehabilitation, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs Defendants-Appellants, and Warden of the Penitentiary of New Mexico, Third-Party Plaintiff Defendant, Gathman-Matotan Architects and Planners, Inc., & International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Defendants-Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Quashed November 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric D. Lanphere, Donald C. Schutte, J. Victor Pongetti, Johnson & Lanphere, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellee W.C. Kruger & Assoc. & Architects Planners, Inc.

John A. Bannerman, Kevin V. Reilly, Sutin, Thayer & Brown, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees Gathman-Matotan Architects and International Surplus Lines Ins. Co. as Insurer of Gathman-Matotan Architects and Planners, Inc.

Bruce Hall, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Wayne C. Wolf, Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, P.A., Douglas A. Baker, Kenneth H. Harrigan, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant, third party plaintiff-appellant Risk Mgt. Div., of Dept. of Finance, Corrections and Crim. Rehab. Dept. of State of N.M., Bruce King, Governor of State of N.M., Sec'y of Corrections & Crim. Rehab. and Warden of the State Penitentiary.


OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

We consolidate the interlocutory appeals taken in State v. Gathman-Matotan and Urioste v. Warden of the Penitentiary of New Mexico. In each case, the various state parties alleged a cause of action for breach of implied warranty of sufficiency of plans and specifications against Gathman-Matotan Architects and Planners, Inc. (Gathman), and W.C. Kruger and Associates Architects-Planners, Inc. (Kruger). In both cases, the...

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