Legal Opinion
Baldonado v. El Paso Natural Gas Company
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 2007No. 29,941PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Chief Justice.
{1} On motion for rehearing, the opinion filed December 4,2007, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted in its place. The motion for rehearing is otherwise denied.
{2} The issue in this case is whether firefighters may recover damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress sustained in the course of responding to a fire. The answer to this question initially turns on whether the firefighter’s rule, as adopted in Moreno v. Marrs, 102 N.M. 378, 695 P.2d 1322 (Ct.App.1984), should continue as a part of New Mexico jurisprudence. The rule, which…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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