Legal Opinion
Aken v. Plains Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 2002No. 26,730PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAES, Justice.
{1} In this punitive damages case, we are asked to assess jury awards in favor of Jim Aken and against Plains Electric on Aken’s claims for retaliatory discharge and defamation. We conduct an analysis on procedural and substantive levels and affirm the jury awards.
FACTS
{2} On July 28,1993, Aken had worked for ■ Plains for nine years. He had been selected employee of the month and employee of the year. The evidence was consistent that he was respected and trusted and had a reputa-' tion for honesty and integrity. Aken was somewhat unique at Plains in that he tended • to…
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