Legal Opinion
Weststar Mortgage Corp. v. Jackson
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 15, 2002No. 21,179PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
{1} The question before us is whether the use of the criminal process to assist in the collection of money mistakenly deposited into the wrong account gives rise to civil liability under the tort of malicious abuse of process. See DeVaney v. Thriftway Mktg. Corp., 1998-NMSC-001, ¶ 17, 124 N.M. 512, 953 P.2d 277 (defining the elements of malicious abuse of process). In addition, we address whether NMSA 1978, § 56-8-4(A) (1993) requires a trial court to apply post-judgment interest to an award of punitive damages. Under the specific facts of this case, we answer both…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Allsup's Convenience Stores, Inc. v. North River InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- Garcia on Behalf of Garcia v. La FargeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
- Las Cruces Professional Fire Fighters & International Ass'n of Fire Fighters v. City of Las CrucesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1996
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Weststar Mortgage Corp. v. JacksonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2002
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- Toscano v. LovatoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2002
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