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Form 13-406. Employer sued; employment and scope of employment denied.

Collection New Mexico Forms Library
Form Type Jury Instructions
Citations - New Mexico Laws and Court Rules
Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 612 documents

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13-406. Employer sued; employment and scope of employment denied.

            If you find that __________________ (name of employee) was the employee of __________________ (name of employer) and as acting within the scope of [his] [her] [its] employment at the time of the occurrence, then __________________ (name of employer) is liable to plaintiff for any wrongful act or omission of the employee.

            However, if you find that __________________ (name of employee) was not the employee of __________________ (name of employer) or that [he] [she] was not acting within the scope of [his] [her] [its] employment at the time of the occurrence, then _________________ (name of employer) is not liable to plaintiff for any such act or omission.

 

USE NOTE

            This instruction is to be used together with UJI 13-403 and 13-407 NMRA when there is a proper issue for jury deliberation as to liability of the employer for the wrongful acts of the employee.

[As amended, effective January 1, 1987; November 1, 1991.]

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.