Legal Opinion
Sunwest Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. v. Daskalos
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 28, 1995No. 15834PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
Sunwest Bank of Albuquerque (Sunwest) appeals from an award of punitive damages in favor of Gus and Mary Daskalos (the Daskalos), and their son, Chris Daskalos. In a non-jury trial, the trial court awarded punitive damages on the basis that Sunwest’s policy of requiring victims of forgery to agree to assist in the criminal prosecution of the forger before it would reimburse the customer constituted extortion under NMSA 1978, Section 30-16-9 (Repl.Pamp.1994). On appeal, Sunwest argues its conduct did not amount to extortion and that the punitive damage award was…
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