Legal Opinion
Hudson v. Otero
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 22, 1969No. 8791PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WATSON, Justice.
This is an action brought by Frank J. Hudson, Jr., for compensatory and punitive damages as a result of an alleged beating with a bullwhip by defendant Jose U. Otero, while he and defendants, Jose M. Otero and Bobby Zamora, held plaintiff at gun point, Hudson was forced to take off his clothes at the time of the whipping and claimed that $400 was stolen from his billfold while this was taking place. The Bernalillo County jury returned a verdict of $15,000 compensatory damages and $50,000 punitive damages against Jose U. Otero, $1 compensatory damages and $1 punitive…
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