Legal Opinion
Durham v. Guest
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 2009No. 30,656PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Chief Justice.
{1} Plaintiffs Jamie Durham (Jamie) and Travis Durham (Travis) (together, the Durhams) sued Suzanne Guest (Guest) for malicious abuse of process, alleging that she issued subpoenas for an illegitimate purpose in an arbitration proceeding. Guest contends that the Durhams failed to state a malicious abuse of process claim under DeVaney v. Thriftway Marketing Corp., 1998-NMSC-001, 124 N.M. 512, 953 P.2d 277 (1997), because she did not initiate the underlying arbitration and because arbitration proceedings are not judicial proceedings for the purpose of stating a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Fernandez v. Farmers Ins. Co. of ArizonaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
- Delgado v. Phelps Dodge Chino, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 2001
- DeVaney v. Thriftway Marketing Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- Fleetwood Retail Corp. of NM v. LeDouxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2007
- Valdez v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2002
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