Legal Opinion
Robinson-Vargo v. Funyak
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1997No. 17854PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONNELLY, Judge.
1. This case requires us to decide whether the giving of notice by mail and assertion of an attorney’s charging lien by a nonresident attorney upon the proceeds of a settlement obtained by a New Mexico lawyer subjects the nonresident lien-claimant to the personal jurisdiction of a New Mexico court under this state’s long-arm statute. Under the circumstances presented here, we hold that New Mexico courts lack personal jurisdiction over Defendant.
FACTS
2. Plaintiff Calandra Robinson-Vargo, a New Mexico resident, was injured in an automobile accident on May 10, 1998, in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Milliken v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. CummingsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1996
- Prichard v. FulmerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Campos Enterprises, Inc. v. Edwin K. Williams & Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
- Rupp v. HurleyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999
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