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F & T CO. v. WOODS

Nos. 12141, 12150.

594 P.2d 745 (1979)

F & T COMPANY, d/b/a Good Housekeeping Shops, Petitioner, v. Ann WOODS, Respondent. ANN WOODS, Petitioner, v. F & T COMPANY, d/b/a Good Housekeeping Shops, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommer, Lawler & Scheuer, Thomas A. Simons, IV, Santa Fe, for F & T Co., petitioner and respondent.

White, Koch, Kelly & McCarthy, Larry White, W.B. Kelly, Santa Fe, for Ann Woods, respondent and petitioner.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Vernon O. Henning, Ralph W. Muxlow, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, amicus curiae on behalf of Department of Corrections.

OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action against defendant F & T Company, doing business as Good Housekeeping Shops, for damages suffered as a result of the rape of plaintiff by Robert Sanders, defendant's employee. Plaintiff alleged that defendant was negligent in hiring and negligent in retaining Sanders, and that this negligence was the proximate cause of the rape.

Defendant is in the business of selling and servicing home...

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