Aetna Finance Co. v. Gaither

OPINION

FRANCHINI, Justice.

Aetna Finance Company, doing business as ITT Financial Services, appeals from a judgment awarding $26,067.38 in damages and $13,258.77 in costs and attorney’s fees to Frank A. and Velma Murray. A jury found that ITT had violated the Unfair Practices Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 57-12-1 to -21 (Repl.Pamp.1987), by knowingly making a statement that was false or misleading to Robert and Neecie Gaither, and that this deception caused the Murrays to lose their interest in a second mortgage they had subordinated to the mortgage ITT held on property the Gaithers were purchasing from…