Legal Opinion
Rummel v. Lexington Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 1997No. 22910PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCHINI, Chief Justice.
1. Kenneth Rummel sued Circle K Corporation for personal injuries and received a judgment for over $11 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Circle K held several insurance policies that provided personal injury coverage. Subsequently, Circle K and International Surplus Lines Insurance Company (ISLIC), one of its insurers, agreed to a settlement in which they were obliged to pay only a portion of their contractual liability and which allocated the compensatory and punitive damages among several of Circle K’s insurers. Under the settlement, Lexington…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. PaynterCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1979
- Lujan v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
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