Legal Opinion
Vigil Ex Rel. Vigil v. Rice
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1964No. 7480PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAVEZ, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff-appellee compensatory and punitive damages.
On February 28, 1962, Cynthia Vigil, a minor, by her next friend Lucian Vigil, filed a complaint in two counts against L. G. Rice, Jr. In the first count, plaintiff alleged that Cynthia Vigil was born September 6, 1947, the daughter of Lucian Vigil, and that defendant was a medical doctor; that on October 17, 1960, plaintiff was suffering from an infection of her foot and, on said date, defendant undertook to examine and treat plaintiff for said ailment;- that defendant failed to…
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- Ward v. AresNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
- Augusta Chronicle Publishing Co. v. ArringtonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
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