ZIA TRUST, INC. v. ARAGON

No. 29,160.

258 P.3d 1146 (2011)

2011-NMCA-076

ZIA TRUST, INC., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Bryan Trujillo, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leyna ARAGON, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied, June 8, 2011, No. 33,022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter & Valle Law Firm, P.C., Richard J. Valle , C.D. Carter, III , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.

Simone, Roberts & Weiss, P.A., Kathleen M. Mixon , Meena H. Allen , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.


OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} We consider in this appeal both the district court's decision not to allow an emergency room doctor's opinion concerning a decedent's chance of survival from fatal injuries after being struck by an automobile, as well as issues at trial pertaining to the defense of suicide as an intervening cause.

{2} As to the doctor's opinion testimony, the district court did not allow the testimony on the...

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