CROSS v. CITY OF CLOVIS

No. 17253.

755 P.2d 589 (1988)

107 N.M. 251

James CROSS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Alan Gait "Gaitor" Cross, Deceased, Petitioner, v. CITY OF CLOVIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Deason, Jr., El Paso, Tex., Lamar D. Treadwell, II, Santa Fe, for petitioner.

Keleher & McLeod, P.A., Phil Krehbiel, Paula Z. Hanson, Albuquerque, for respondent.


OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

In this action for the wrongful death of plaintiff's thirteen-year-old son, Alan Cross, we granted certiorari to review the decision of the court of appeals that upheld a directed verdict for defendant City of Clovis. As personal representative, James Cross had brought suit under the Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-4-1 to -27 (Repl.Pamp. 1986), alleging negligence of two city police officers in maintaining a police roadblock...

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