LOPEZ v. LAS CRUCES POLICE DEPT.

Nos. 24,883, 25,488.

137 P.3d 670 (2006)

139 N.M. 730

2006-NMCA-074

Louie L. LOPEZ, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAS CRUCES POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendant-Appellee. Margaret Coleman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. City of Las Cruces, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied June 15, 2006.

As Corrected June 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lilley Law Offices, Michael W. Lilley, Lawrence W. Allred, Las Cruces, NM, for Appellant.

City of Las Cruces, Harry S. (Pete) Connelly, Deputy City Attorney, Las Cruces, NM, for Appellee.

Civerolo, Gralow, Hill & Curtis, Robert J. Curtis, Edward F. Messett, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae University of New Mexico, New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

Randi McGinn, Michael B. Browde, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.

Caren I. Friedman, Santa Fe, NM, Pickett & Murphy, Mark L. Pickett, Las Cruces, NM, for Appellee in No. 25,488.

Miller Stratvert P.A., Lawrence R. White, Alice Tomlinson Lorenz, Las Cruces, NM, for Appellant in No. 25,488.


Certiorari Denied, Nos. 29,822, 29,823, June 15, 2006.

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} These cases present us with the opportunity to resolve the issues of whether the New Mexico Tort Claims Act (TCA), NMSA 1978, §§ 41-4-1 to -27 (1976, as amended through 2004), requires a plaintiff to name a specific public employee as a defendant to recover damages under the TCA and whether the name...

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