Legal Opinion
Lucero v. Sutten
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 2014No. Docket 32,901PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANZI, Judge.
The Memorandum Opinion filed in this case on September 29, 2014, is hereby withdrawn, and this Opinion is substituted in its place.
Roland Lucero and his company, R & L Straightline Tile, (collectively, Plaintiff) appeal from a judgment entered in favor of Defendant Richard Sutten following a bench trial on the issue of legal malpractice. The district court found that Defendant negligently failed to apprise Plaintiff of the dangers of providing an unsecured $300,000 loan to a Las Vegas development company. However, the district court applied the doctrine of independent…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Chamberland v. Roswell Osteopathic Clinic, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lucero v. SuttenNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2018
- Morris v. Giant Four Corners, Inc.District Court, D. New Mexico · 2018