McDERMITT v. CORRECTIONS CORP.

No. 12622.

814 P.2d 115 (1991)

112 N.M. 247

Theresa McDERMITT, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Joseph Ortiz, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, John Rees, and Ernest Godsey, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Vigil, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Dennis P. Murphy, Montoya, Murphy, Kauffman & Garcia, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

We granted this interlocutory appeal in conjunction with the interlocutory appeal in Ortiz v. New Mexico State Police, 112 N.M. 249, 814 P.2d 117 (Ct.App. 1991) to consider the circumstances, if any, in which the New Mexico Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-4-1 through -27 (Repl. Pamp. 1989), waives immunity from liability for law enforcement officers who...

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