Legal Opinion
Romero v. Mervyn's
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 1989No. 18142PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
This is an appeal by defendant Mervyn’s from a verdict in favor of plaintiff Lucy Romero for $2,041 in compensatory and $25,000 in punitive damages on a breach of contract claim. Romero cross-appeals the failure of the court to award certain witness fees as costs. We affirm.
On November 23, 1984, Romero and two of her adult daughters were shopping in Mervyn’s Department Store in Albuquerque. It was the day after Thanksgiving and the store was crowded with Christmas shoppers. As Romero and her daughters were descending on an escalator, another customer either…
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