Legal Opinion
Gallegos Ex Rel. Estate of Gallegos v. Franklin
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided February 3, 1976No. 1901PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
Defendants, Dr. James E. Franklin and Albuquerque General Hospital, appeal from a default judgment in a medical and hospital malpractice claim which awarded plaintiff compensatory damages in the sum of $300,-000 and punitive damages in the sum of $200,000. We remand for a hearing on the issue of compensatory and punitive damages.
A. Status of the Record
On January 24, 1974, plaintiff’s complaint was filed.
On January 29, 1974, the complaint was served on Dr. Franklin, individually and as director of the defendant hospital.
On February 11, 1974, the law firm of Aldridge, Baron,…
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