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Enriquez v. Cochran and Boy Scouts of America, 126 N.M. 196 (Ct. App. 1998).

Rather than hire professionals to do dangerous work, the Boy Scouts of America asked volunteers, with no logging experience, to cut down a 60 foot tree. A wonderful father and husband was severely brain damaged when the top 20 feet of the tree fell backward into what he had mistakenly believed was the "safe zone." After a verdict in favor of Mr. Enriquez, the New Mexico Court of Appeals held that organizations which ask people to engage in inherently dangerous activities like cutting down large, dead trees, are responsible for making sure it is done safely and providing appropriate safety equipment.

Past successes cannot be an assurance of future success because each case must be decided on its own merits.

 



 

 

 

State of New Mexico v. Nunez, 129 N.M. 63, 2 P.3d 264 (1999).

MCML worked in conjunction with the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the lawyers representing the accused citizens as amicus curiae to write a "friend of the court" brief. We were successful in encouraging the New Mexico Supreme Court to interpret the New Mexico Constitution as granting broader double jeopardy protection than the double jeopardy clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Past successes cannot be an assurance of future success because each case must be decided on its own merits.



 

 

 

Pope v. The Gap Inc.,, 125 N.M. 376 (1998).

MCML was successful in preventing the Gap from requiring confidentiality in a case where the parties had settled pursuant to an offer of judgment.

Past successes cannot be an assurance of future success because each case must be decided on its own merits.

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