Legal Opinion
Regenold v. Rutherford
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 1, 1984No. 7369PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident. She sued defendants for both compensatory and punitive damages. Defendant, Ken E. Rutherford, the son, was driving a car with the permission of George C. Rutherford, the father, within the family purpose doctrine. See Peters v. LeDoux, 83 N.M. 307, 491 P.2d 524 (1971). Prior to trial, the claim of punitive damages against George C. Rutherford was disposed of by a partial summary judgment. The punitive damage claim against Ken remained in the case. The trial court dismissed this punitive damage claim at the close of the…
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