Legal Opinion
Restaurant Management Co. v. Kidde-Fenwal, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 24, 1999No. 19,137PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, J.
{1} This case requires us to examine the scope and manner of exercise of a court’s inherent power to sanction litigants for spobating evidence before initiating litigation. Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their suit, which they filed against Defendants for damages caused by a fire at a restaurant in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Before filing suit, Plaintiffs allowed a fire-suppression system to be destroyed during renovation of the restaurant. The fire-suppression system allegedly failed, abowing the fire to become more destructive than it should have been. All Defendants…
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