Legal Opinion
Shovelin v. Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 1993No. 20083PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BACA, Justice.
Defendant-appellant, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative (the “Cooperative”), appeals a jury verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Richard J. Shovelin. The jury determined that the Cooperative and Shovelin had entered into an implied employment contract and that the Cooperative had breached the contract. The jury awarded Shovelin $107,885 in damages on his breach of contract claim. In accordance with the trial court’s instructions, however, the jury did not award Shovelin any damages on his retaliatory discharge claim. The Cooperative appeals this…
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