Legal Opinion
Trujillo v. City of Albuquerque
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1998No. 18296, 19118PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BACA, Justice.
{1} These consolidated appeals involve separate tort claims brought against the City of Albuquerque (City) pursuant to the New Mexico Tort Claims Act (TCA), NMSA 1978, § 41-4-1 to 4-27 (1976, as amended through 1996). Plaintiffs from both cases challenged the constitutionality of the damages limitation in Section 41-4-19(A) of the TCA, arguing that the cap violates their rights of equal protection under the New Mexico and United States Constitutions.
{2} In considering the constitutionality of the cap, it first is necessary to determine the applicable analysis for this…
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