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OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
Plaintiffs recovered in a medical malpractice action against defendant. Plaintiffs appeal on the grounds that the trial court inadvertently failed to give a special interrogatory on the need for future medical care. NMSA 1978, § 41-5-7(A) (Repl. Pamp.1982). The trial court ruled that plaintiffs ... | [
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OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
Defendant appeals his convictions on charges of armed robbery, aggravated burglary, and assault with intent to commit a violent felony arising from the robbery of the Graves service station and convenience store on 20th Street in Farmington. Defendant raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether the... | [
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OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
Plaintiffs, residents of the City of Farmington, New Mexico, own property located within an improvement district created by the City of Farmington. The district was created under the authority of NMSA 1978, Sections 3-33-1 to -43 (Repl.Pamp.1984). Plaintiffs were assessed for part of the costs o... | [
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OPINION
MINZNER, Judge.
Plaintiff Josina Romero appeals from the district court’s decision granting summary judgment to defendant Ole Tires, Inc. We affirm.
Romero filed a complaint for money damages on July 28, 1982, alleging negligence, carelessness, and recklessness against Jerry Mondragon as a result of an automobi... | [
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OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction for the crime of felon transporting a firearm contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-7-16(A) (Repl.Pamp.1994), and his sentence as a habitual offender with two prior felonies. Defendant contends that his conviction should be reversed because there was insufficient evi... | [
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OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
This matter is before us on motions filed in this Court to strike notice of appeal, to strike portions of the transcript, and to limit issues on appeal. Only the record and transcript have so far been filed, thus handicapping us in our ability to review the matters presumably complained of.
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from an order granting the motion for summary judgment of defendants Drs. Kravitz, Buchanan, Lipscomb and Chris Hall, a physician’s assistant, and denying plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. Section 1983 (West 1981).... | [
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OPINION
NEAL, Judge.
Gerónimo Garcia appeals the decision of the state board of education denying his application for renewal of his teaching certification. Ip August 1979, Garcia was found guilty by a jury of criminal sexual contact with a child under the age of 13, NMSA 1978, Section 30-9-13 (RepLPamp. 1984), a third... | [
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OPINION
NEAL, Judge.
This case concerns the interpretation of NMSA 1978, Section 40-5-23 (Repl.Pamp. 1983), which states:
Proceedings to enforce the obligation of the father shall not be brought after the lapse of more than two years from the birth of the child unless paternity has been judicially established or has be... | [
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OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
Wade Fitzsimmons Richardson was killed when a two-ton dumptruck driven by Billibob Lewis collided with the car that Richardson was operating. Lewis had become intoxicated at a bar owned by Carnegie Library, Inc.; he subsequently stole the dumptruck from the lot behind Bennett Cathey, Inc.; and... | [
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OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
Claimant appeals the denial of her claim for benefits by the Workers’ Compensation Division. Our calendar notice proposed summary affirmance of the hearing officer’s decision. Claimant has filed a memorandum in opposition. The memorandum was filed one day late. We caution claimant’s counsel that ... | [
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OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
Defendants sold scrap metal, motors, small tools and implements, three vehicles and other items accumulated at defendants’ welding shop (referred to hereinafter as scrap metal) for $6,000. The sales price was paid. This lawsuit resulted from a dispute over who was entitled to take possession of the... | [
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OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
We consolidated these appeals to consider NMSA 1978, Section 52-1-22 (Repl. Pamp.1991), sometimes referred to as the “statutory-employer” or “contractor-under” provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act, NMSA 1978, Section 52-1-1 to -70 (Repl. Pamp.1991). In the first case on appeal, Romero v. Sh... | [
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OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on her plea of no contest to charges of harboring a felon and conspiracy to harbor a felon, contrary to NMSA 1978, Sections 30-22-4 and 30-28-2 (Repl. Pamp.1984). The sole issue as stated in defendant’s brief is “[wjhether the crimes of harboring a felo... | [
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OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
David Leon Cheadle (Cheadle), was convicted of murder in the first degree for which he received a sentence of death. Cheadle was also convicted of kidnapping in the first degree for which he received nineteen years imprisonment, kidnapping in the second degree for which he received ten years i... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Judge.
Appellants, Seven Rivers Cattle and Commodities, Inc. and Zia Feedlot, Inc., appeal from a judgment of the district court declaring Dallas M. and Irene A. McCasland (the McCaslands) to be the owners of 28.74 acre-feet of Hagerman Canal irrigation ditch water rights and upholding the transfer of... | [
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OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Once again this Court is presented with a disciplinary matter in which a licensed New Mexico attorney has wholly failed to comply with the requirements for maintaining his trust account. See SCRA 1986, 16-115 (Repl.Pamp.1991 & Cum.Supp.1994) (safekeeping property); SCRA 1986, 17-204 (Repl.Pamp.1991 ... | [
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OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
Worker appeals from an order dismissing with prejudice his complaint for workers’ compensation. The sole issue on appeal is whether Worker was a “farm laborer” for purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act. See NMSA 1978, § 52-l-6(A) (Repl.Pamp.1991) (effective January 1, 1992). We hold that the... | [
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OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Amrep Southwest, Inc., appeals from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Shollenbarger Wood Treating, Inc., on Amrep’s third-party complaint seeking indemnification and damages for negligence and strict liability in the supply of inadequate building materials. Amrep had ... | [
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OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
Richard J. Montoya (defendant) was tried by jury and convicted of first degree felony-murder and armed robbery of Robert P. Larson. The jury, pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 31-20A-5(A) (Repl.Pamp. 1981) unanimously found that the victim was a peace officer who was performing the lawful dischar... | [
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OPINION
PER CURIAM.
This is a removal proceeding under N.M. Const, art. XI, Section 7 (Cum.Supp.198B), from the New Mexico State Corporation Commission’s (Commission) Order Number 3741(h) denying a motion for interim rate relief filed by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (Mountain States). We affirm.
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OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
We granted plaintiff’s petition for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review the interaction of case law, the New Mexico Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Medical Malpractice Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 41-5-1 through 41-5-28 (Repl.Pamp.1982). The details of this case are set forth in the opinion o... | [
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OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
Thomas G. Lazo (Lazo) brought suit against the Bernalillo Board of County Commissioners and William E. Jimerson, Bernalillo County Sheriff, (County) for breach of collective bargaining agreement, declaratory judgment, and injunctive relief. Lazo requested back pay, restoration of seniority, an... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Gene Boatwright and Elaine Boatwright (Boatwrights), brought suit in the District Court of Curry County against defendants-appellees, Thomas Howard and Sandra Howard (Howards), for breach of a real estate contract, breach of property restrictions, harassment, and ... | [
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OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
On April 19, 1985, defendant-appellant Chris Taylor, two youths and the mother of one of them drove to a particular laundromat in Santa Fe with the intent of “breaking some bones” of one of its employees. Upon entering the laundromat, the three youths discovered that their intended victim was ... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
This case is before us on writ of certiorari from the Court of Appeals. The only issue raised is whether the defendant’s contacts with the State of New Mexico were sufficient to constitute a “transaction of business” within the State, so that the defendant is subject to personal jurisdi... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
Gertrude P. Slemmons, plaintiff-appellee (Slemmons), brought suit in the District Court of Torrance County to quiet title to approximately 320 acres of land and to eject Letha Massie, Billie W. Harless and Joanna B. Harless, defendants-appellants (Massie and Harless) from the property. ... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) appeals from an order of the district court dismissing its complaint on the basis of improper venue in McKinley County. UNC filed suit against the Director of the Environmental Improvement Division (Director) and the Environmental Improvement Division (Div... | [
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OPINION
MINZNER, Judge.
Appellant Barbara Penny (“Penny”) appeals from the district court’s order granting appellee Frederick H. Sherman (“Sherman”), an attorney, summary judgment in a libel action. The lawsuit involved an allegedly defamatory letter Sherman published by sending a copy to Penny’s employer. The district... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Respondent appeals from a judgment of the district court in an action brought under the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (RURESA), NMSA 1978, Sections 40-6-1 to 40-6-41 (Repl.Pamp.1983), ordering him to pay monthly child support for his two minor children. Two issues ... | [
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OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
Chavez Concrete & Excavation Contractors, Inc., and Rockwood Insurance Company (defendants) appeal the decision of the trial court in favor of Santiago Roybal (plaintiff). In their appeal defendants raise two issues: first, that the court’s judgment, which granted plaintiff full worker’s compensa... | [
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OPINION
BLACK, J.
The previous opinion is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place.
Defendants Margaret Guzman and Linda Gutierrez were convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, see NMSA 1978, § 30-31-22(A) (Cum.Supp. 1994), conspiracy to commit distribution of marijuana, see NMSA 1... | [
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OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
Ellis Loyd Foster (decedent) died July 13, 1983. The trial court denied probate of his alleged will and ruled that he died intestate. The trial court awarded attorney fees to respondents, who opposed probate of the alleged will. Price, the sister of decedent, had offered the alleged will for probat... | [
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ORDER
It is the order and judgment of the Supreme Court that the order of this Court entered on March 12, 1984, effective April 1, 1984, amending NMSA 1978, Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 7 (Repl.Pamp. 1983), is reaffirmed.
This Court strongly believes that the amendment to Canon 7 is in the best interest of the publi... | [
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OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
This is an appeal of an award of attorney’s fees from a default judgment in the San Juan County District Court. The plaintiff, Xorbox, a Division of Green & Kellogg, Inc. (Xorbox) originally filed suit in New York against Naturita Supply Co., Inc. (Naturita). for recovery upon a promissory... | [
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OPINION
MINZNER, Judge.
This case presents issues concerning the extent of a listing real estate broker’s liability to purchasers for representations made in connection with the sale of a townhouse. Plaintiffs (“Gouveias”) brought an action against several defendants for rescission of their contract to purchase a townh... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Defendant pursues this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order granting a mistrial following commencement of his trial for criminal sexual penetration, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-9-11. The issue presented is whether a retrial of defendant is barred under principles of dou... | [
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OPINION
PER CURIAM.
This matter came before the Court following two separate disciplinary proceedings conducted pursuant to the Rules Governing Discipline, SCRA 1986, 17-101 to -316 (Repl.Pamp.1991 & Cum.Supp.1994), in which respondent Jake R. Evans was found to have committed various violations of the Rules of Profess... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Employer, Mark Sideris d/b/a/ Buffalo Builders, appeals from the decision of a hearing officer of the Workers’ Compensation Division awarding disability benefits and finding claimant, Phillip Urioste, temporarily totally disabled as a result of two accidents: one occurring while claimant ... | [
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OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
This case comes to us after our mandate to the Bernalillo County District Court in Hughes v. Hughes, 96 N.M. 719, 634 P.2d 1271 (1981). The facts are sufficiently set forth in that opinion. We need not repeat them here. The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the district court’... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
This case is before us through interlocutory appeal from the District Court of Ber nalillo County. Customwood Mfg., Inc., the plaintiff-appellee (plaintiff), a New Mexico corporation, filed a complaint for debt against Downey Construction Co., Inc., the defendant-appellant (defendant), ... | [
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OPINION
WALTERS, Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction of battery on a peace officer, in violation of NMSA 1978, § 30-22-24. Two issues are raised:
1. Whether the trial and conviction constituted double jeopardy when defendant had already been convicted of resisting arrest; and
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OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
Convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-31-20(A)(3) (Repl.Pamp. 1980), defendant appeals. The sole issue on appeal is sufficiency of the evidence. Issues raised in the docketing statement and not briefed on appeal are deemed abandoned.
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OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
This appeal raises the question of whether evidence of an injured party’s failure to use an available seat belt may be considered by the fact finder. Because of the public interest in this question, we allowed the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association and the Defense Lawyers Association to file am... | [
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OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
This appeal raises novel issues in the law of judgments. One theme permeating the law of judgments is that a litigant is ordinarily not entitled to more than one fair bite at the apple. This theme finds expression in two doctrines familiar to all litigators. The doctrine of claim preclusion (a mor... | [
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OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
Dr. Horace E. Ross and Dr. Lynn C. Shaw (plaintiffs) each brought separate suits against Kuhnel & Associates, Inc. and Control Development Corporation (CDC) (defendants) for breach of contract and fraud regarding architectural and construction contracts for the construction of dental offices. ... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
New Mexico Beverage Company, the plaintiff-appellant (plaintiff), a liquor wholesaler, brought this suit to recover a debt from M & R Liquors and the Bowers, defendants-appellees, for liquor which was delivered but not paid for. M & R Liquors and the Bowers are, respectively, a liquor r... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
This motor carrier permit case originated in the State Corporation Commission and is before this Court on appeal from the District Court of Santa Fe County, pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 65-2-120 (Repl.Pamp. 1981). We conclude that the appeal from the district court to this Court was u... | [
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OPINION
APODACA, Chief Judge.
The memorandum opinion filed on November 22,1994 is withdrawn on the panel’s own motion, and the following opinion is substituted in its place.
The State appeals from the trial court’s dismissal with prejudice of an amended criminal complaint filed against Johnny A. Jacquez (Defendant). Th... | [
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OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
This case involves the power of the governor to issue pardons. We reverse the trial court’s implicit ruling that the governor lacked power to pardon habitual offender sentences not yet imposed on convictions in existence at the time the governor issued the pardon.
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OPINION
FRANCHINI, Justice.
Glenn Haber appeals from an order adjudging that Haber’s former fiancee, Jannel M. Vigil, should be given permanent possession of an engagement ring she received from Haber. We hold that the ring was a conditional gift dependent upon the parties’ marriage, that the question of whose fault it... | [
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OPINION
MINZNER, Chief Judge.
Worker appeals the workers’ compensation judge’s compensation order limiting her award of attorneys’ fees to $12,500 as required by NMSA 1978, Section 52-l-54(G) (Repl.Pamp.1991) (Effective until January 1, 1991). Worker contends that the attorneys’ fees cap in Section 52-l-54(G) is uncons... | [
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OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
This case concerns the development of two-story residences in the Westside-Guadalupe historic district of Santa Fe. The developer’s (Mandel) plan was denied by the City of Santa Fe’s zoning authorities and the City Council (City). The district court reversed the City’s denial of permits on the b... | [
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OPINION
APODACA Judge.
Petitioner Fay Luán Bonnell (Wife), formerly known as Fay Luan Ingalls, appeals from the trial court’s decision crediting Respondent David Lee Ingalls (Husband) with child support “prepayments” and determining that Husband should not be held in contempt for failure to pay child support. Three iss... | [
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OPINION
MINZNER, Justice.
This dispute arose when the Española School Board declined to renew the employment contracts of two school administrators. Alleging that their termination had occurred in violation of state statute, Plaintiffs Anselmo Trujillo and Gilbert Naranjo brought this action against the Board of Educat... | [
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OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal, based on a two-year statute of limitations, of their complaint which alleged a willful and malicious breach of contract and a deprivation of constitutional rights. Plaintiffs raise the following issues.
1) NMSA 1978, Section 37-1-23 is unconstitutional because it... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Cottonwood Gulch Foundation (Foundation) appeals from an adverse administrative order of the McKinley County Valuation Protest Board (Board) upholding the McKinley County Assessor’s denial of the Foundation’s claim for a tax exemption. The single issue presented on appeal is whether the B... | [
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OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether defendant was entitled, as a matter of right, to a trial de novo in district court following judgment against him on his guilty plea and disposition agreement in the magistrate court. The district court dismissed defendant’s appeal finding that, having entered ... | [
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OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
This matter arose after Laguna Pueblo (Laguna) petitioned the district court to compel consolidation of arbitration proceedings arising out of two contracts.
The controlling issues on appeal are whether an affidavit of disqualification of a judge was properly denied as untimely by the dist... | [
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OPINION
MINZNER, Judge.
Molycorp, Inc. (employer) appeals the dis-positional order of the Workmen’s Compensation Administration awarding Cisneros (claimant) compensation for a work-related hearing loss. Employer raises three arguments on appeal: (1) a gradual, noise-induced hearing loss is not an accidental injury comp... | [
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OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
FACTS
On May 7,1984 plaintiff, Gathman-Matotan Architects & Planners, Inc., filed an action for breach of contract in the district court of Santa Fe County. Defendant filed its answer on June 8, 1984 and demanded a jury trial on June 12, 1984. On April 16, 1987 plaintiff requested a hearin... | [
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OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
FACTS:
Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee Mark Paternoster (plaintiff) sustained an accidental injury to his left hand while operating a table saw in the cabinet shop of DefendantAppellee/Cross-Appellant La Cuesta Cabinets, Inc. (La Cuesta). Insurer, DefendantAppellee/Cross-Appellant Rockwood Ins... | [
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OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
This case involves the natural father’s appeal from an adverse trial court order terminating his parental rights, pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 40-7-4(B) (Repl.Pamp.1983). We reverse and remand.
. The natural father (hereafter referred to as Respondent) married the natural mother (hereafter referred t... | [
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OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF), on behalf of its New Mexico members and the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, petitioned for removal of this case to this Court pursuant to N.M. Const, art. XI, Section 7 (Cum.Supp.1984). MSLF contends that an order of the New Mexico State Corporat... | [
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OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
Plaintiff Hugh Hood (Hood) brought an action in Chaves County for breach of warranty and negligence against defendant Rayford Fulkerson (Fulkerson), a plumbing subcontractor. Hood requested compensatory and punitive damages under the breach of contract action. Hood alleged improper and neg... | [
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OPINION
NEAL, Judge.
Plaintiff filed suit alleging defendant engaged in discriminatory employment practices as defined by NMSA 1978, § 28-1-7(A) (Repl.Pamp.1983), by terminating her employment due to her pregnancy and subsequently failing to rehire her after her recuperation. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss bas... | [
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OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
National Potash Company (Taxpayer) appeals from a special order of the Director of the Property Tax Division (Director) affirming the Property Tax Division’s (Division) valuation of Taxpayer’s potash mine for the 1982 tax year. Taxpayer contends that NMSA 1978, Section 7-36-24 (Repl. Pamp.1983) ... | [
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OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
The father appeals from an order awarding custody of the parties’ three-year-old son to the mother. She has not filed an answer brief. The sole issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in awarding custody to the mother when, as the father claims, “The experts agree that the father *... | [
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OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
On April 23, 1979, Cipriano Segura (Segura), a miner employed by Kaiser Steel Corporation (Kaiser) as a “utility man,” suffered a heart attack while performing his duties. Segura’s job on that day consisted of unloading trucks filled with coal. He directed the truck drivers to stop in appropriate... | [
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OPINION
WALTERS, Chief Judge.
Defendant was charged with homicide by vehicle. His first trial resulted in a conviction, and it was overturned by this court on appeal. Upon remand for a second trial, he was again found guilty. On this appeal, we initially calendared the case for summary reversal. The State filed a memor... | [
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OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
On December 23, 1985, the Insurance Board disapproved a workers’ compensation insurance premium increase that was to go into effect January 1, 1986. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), which submitted the rate filing, petitioned this Court for review. We declined to accept ju... | [
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OPINION
BLACK, Judge.
Appellees, Bertinus Zwaagstra and Diane Zwaagstra (Taxpayers), own and operate two dairies in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Taxpayers reported their livestock, equipment, and other personal property to the Dona Ana County Tax Assessor (the Assessor) for property tax valuation.
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OPINION
MINZNER, Justice.
Plaintiff-Appellant Oliver Kepler (Kepler) appeals the trial court’s order entering summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Wendy Slade (Slade). The sole issue on appeal is whether an earlier foreclosure action, in which both Kepler and Slade were defendants, bars Kepler from instituti... | [
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OPINION
BOSSON, Judge.
This case arises from the asserted liability of a general contractor for negligence allegedly resulting in injury to the employee of a subcontractor. Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment awarded in favor of the contractor. Finding genuine issues of material fact, we reverse and remand for tr... | [
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OPINION
BLACK, Judge.
In September 1991, James Hamilton Construction Company (Buyer) hired an experienced land developer to determine the feasibility of constructing a residential housing subdivision in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. On December 20,1991, Buyer signed a document captioned “Agreement For Sale and Purchase of ... | [
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OPINION
APODACA, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction for aggravated battery, raising two issues. He first contends his constitutional rights were violated by the state’s peremptory challenge of the only member of his race who was on the panel of potential jurors. In addition, he argues there was insufficient eviden... | [
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OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
This ease calls upon us to decide whether a trial court can disqualify a party’s counsel of choice in a domestic relations case on the basis of either an alleged conflict of interest because the counsel is the party’s spouse, or to serve the best interests of children involved in the matter. We ... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs brought suit in the District Court of Otero County seeking to enjoin defendants from selling wine and beer at restaurants operated by defendants which are situated in the original townsite of Alamogordo. The land titles of all of the parties involved in this case contain nega... | [
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OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
Defendant pled guilty to driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DWI). The judgment appealed from was filed on September 28, 1994. The notice of appeal was timely filed on October 4, 1994, and the docketing statement was timely filed on October 6, 1994. Defendant appeals the enh... | [
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OPINION
BLACK, Judge.
Employer appeals the compensation order of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) awarding Worker temporary total disability benefits. Employer raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the WCJ erred in rejecting Employer’s false application defense; and (2) whether the WCJ erred by not apportioning... | [
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OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
Plaintiff-Appellants, the Regents of the University of New Mexico (the Regents), appeal from a judgment of dismissal ren dered in favor of defendant-appellee, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual). The trial court determined that the action was time-barred under the New Mexico Hosp... | [
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OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
Reydesel Rojo, an employee of defendant landscaping firm, was injured on January 17, 1987, when he lifted a tree off the bed of a truck. Defendant Western Casualty & Surety Company (Western) made weekly compensation payments to Rojo for his injury. In August of 1987, Western’s adjuster and cla... | [
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OPINION
APODACA, Chief Judge.
Ronald Classen (Husband) appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for relief from judgment, pursuant to SCRA 1986, 1-060(B) (Repl.1992), in a divorce action. We hold that the trial court erred in ruling solely on the record below that Husband’s due process rights were not violat... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction, under a plea and disposition agreement, of two counts of distribution of a controlled substance, (amphetamines), in violation of NMSA 1978, Section 30-31-22(A)(2) (Repl. Pamp.1980). Three issues are raised on appeal: (1) whether defendant’s right to due p... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals his sentence and convictions of kidnapping, attempted criminal sexual penetration, and criminal sexual penetration in the second degree in violation of NMSA 1978, Sections 30-4-1 and 30-9-ll(B) (Repl.Pamp.1984). Five issues are raised on appeal. We discuss: (1) claim of ... | [
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OPINION
DONNELLY, Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals his convictions on two counts of battery on a peace officer contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-22-24 (Repl.Pamp.1984). Three appellate issues are presented: (1) whether there was substantial evidence to support the convictions; (2) whether defendant was deprived of effect... | [
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OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction for first degree child abuse (resulting in death) of his child Patrick. Defendant raises issues concerning (1) the consolidation of the child abuse charge with charges for bribery of a witness; (2) the admission of evidence of other bad acts, specifically the eve... | [
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OPINION
APODACA, Judge.
Petitioners appeal from a district court judgment affirming the New Mexico Personnel Board (Board), which in turn had affirmed disciplinary action taken by the New Mexico Corrections Department (Department). The action was taken against several guards at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (Penitenti... | [
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OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
We issued a writ of certiorari to the court of appeals to review the only question presented by the petitioner, i.e., whether NMSA 1978, Section 52-l-35(B) (Cum. Supp.1983) allows a petitioner in a worker’s compensation action to recover expert witness fees for the testimony of expert witnesse... | [
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OPINION
NEAL, Judge.
The defendant was granted use immunity in exchange for his testimony at the capital murder trial of his co-defendant, Ralph Earnest. At the trial of Earnest the defendant refused to answer nine questions and the court held him in contempt. For his refusal to answer the first question the court sent... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
Manzano Industries, Inc. (appellant) entered into a real estate contract with Edward Mathis and others (appellees) as part of a transaction involving the sale of a tract of land in Las Cruces. Appellant failed on numerous occasions to make payments when due, curing its default on each o... | [
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OPINION
MINZNER, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s decision granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing her negligence action with prejudice. At the time of her accident, plaintiff was an employee of Nuclear Pharmacy, one of three corporations which formed defendant partnership Enerpha... | [
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OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
Mother appeals from a district court order modifying child support and distributing house sale proceeds. Mother raises three issues in her brief in chief: (1) whether the trial court erred in ordering that child support be modified prospectively from the date of the hearing on the petition to mo... | [
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OPINION
FEDERICI, Chief Justice.
This is an action involving two applications for change in point of diversion and place of use of groundwater rights in the Portales Underground Water Basin (Basin). The State Engineer approved the changes and the protestants appealed the decisions to the District Court of Roosevelt Cou... | [
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OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
Under the provision of NMSA 1978, Section 34-2-8 (Repl.Pamp.1981), we accepted certification of a question of state law from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. That question is:
Whether, in a sale of goods context governed by the New Mexico Commercial Code, a commercial purchaser of a compute... | [
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OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
Convicted of eight counts of fraud in violation of NMSA 1978, § 30-16-6 (Cum. Supp.1983), defendant appeals raising two issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in refusing her requested instruction on mistake of fact; and (2) whether the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence under the... | [
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OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
This is an appeal from the trial court’s refusal to award attorney’s fees in a breach of contract action. We affirm the trial court.
The sole issue on appeal is the award of attorney’s fees. The threshold question to be decided is whether there was substantial evidence to support the trial... | [
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OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
Plaintiffs Jerry and Ruth Brooks appeal from a district court judgment granting Fermin and Cecilia Herrera (Herreras) the right to use a roadway easement across the Brooks’ property.
The issues are whether the provisions of a real estate contract created an express easement for road purpos... | [
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OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
We issued a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review -that Court’s opinion in Torris v. State, 116 N.M. 379, 862 P.2d 1238 (Ct.App.), cert. granted, 117 N.M. 802, 877 P.2d 1105 (1993), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a complaint brought by Esperio Torres and ... | [
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OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
Plaintiff Ambassador Insurance Company (Ambassador), as excess insurance carrier for Memorial General Hospital of Las Cruces, New Mexico (insured), brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (district court) against defendant St. Paul Fire & Marine I... | [
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