Legal Opinion
O'Neel v. USAA Insurance
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 16, 2002No. 21,611PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Judge.
{1} Defendant (USAA) appeals the judgment entered in favor of Plaintiff (O’Neel) awarding damages and attorney fees for bad faith failure to pay a first party claim, breach of an insurance contract, and unfair insurance practices. USAA raises five issues on appeal. One issue challenges the jury’s verdict as inconsistent. One issue questions the validity of the district court’s award of attorney fees. Two issues object to the form of the special verdict and related jury instructions, and one issue seeks to assert a comparative fault defense to O’Neel’s bad faith claim.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Woolwine v. Furr's, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- Paiz v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- United Nuclear Corp. v. Allendale Mutual InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
- Mitchell-Carr v. McLendonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
- Kestenbaum v. Pennzoil Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Azar v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
- American National Property & Casualty Co. v. ClevelandNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2012
- Seipert v. JohnsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
- Ortiz v. Safeco Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2016
- Flagstar Bank v. LichaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2015
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