Legal Opinion
Dairyland Insurance v. Herman
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1997No. 23718PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCHINI, Chief Justice.
{1} This case comes to us from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in accordance with its rule providing “for certification by a federal court of questions arising under the laws of that state which may control the outcome of a [federal] case” (10th Cir. R. 27.1), and our own certification statute, NMSA 1978, § 34-2-8 (repealed 1997) (relating to questions certified to the New Mexico Supreme Court). The following question regarding New Mexico law was submitted for our determination:
Does an insurer satisfy its duty to treat its interests…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Comunale v. Traders & General InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
- Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance BureauCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Merritt v. Reserve InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
- Rummel v. Lexington InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- Bollinger v. NussSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Renetta M. Miera v. Dairyland Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Azar v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
- Sloan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2004
- Watters v. Guaranty National InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2000
- Smoot v. Physicians Life InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
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