Legal Opinion
Jolley v. Energen Resources Corp.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 22, 2008No. 27,489PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VIGIL, Judge.
{1} Plaintiff is the personal representative of the estate of her son (Decedent) who was nineteen years old when he died. In this wrongful death case the jury awarded Plaintiff $2,957,000 in compensatory damages, which was reduced to $1,922,050 based on a finding that Decedent was 35 percent negligent and Defendant was 65 percent negligent. The jury also awarded Plaintiff $13,000,000 in punitive damages. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
{2} On Sunday, July 21, 2002, after recreating in the Glade Run Recreation Area (Glade Run Area) on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land just north of…
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