Legal Opinion
Ledbetter v. Webb
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1985No. 15181PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALTERS, Justice.
This is a breach of contract action. The trial court found generally for plaintiffs (the Ledbetters) and awarded them compensatory and special damages on the contract, together with compensatory damages for the Webbs’ conversion of plaintiffs’ video vending machine. As setoffs against those damages, the trial court awarded compensatory, consequential and punitive damages on the Webbs’ counterclaim for fraudulent misrepresentation. The court applied principles of comparative fault in calculating the Webbs’ consequential damages.
The Webbs appeal and the Ledbetters…
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