Legal Opinion
Vihstadt v. Travelers Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1985No. 15392PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
Leslie P. Vihstadt (Vihstadt) filed suit in the Metropolitan Court of Bernalillo County to recover damages under a health insurance policy issued by Travelers Insurance Company (Travelers). After a non-jury trial, judgment was entered in favor of Vihstadt. Travelers appealed to the Bernalillo County District Court which upheld the Metropolitan Court judgment. Travelers appeals the District Court judgment. We reverse.
The following facts are pertinent to this appeal. On June 25, 1983, 14 year-old Lynn P. Edmondson (Lynn) had a quarrel with her natural mother, Vihstadt.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Hauenstein v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Stevenson v. Lee Moor Contracting Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
- Webb v. New Mexico Pub. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1943
- King v. Travelers Insurance CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Sena Ex Rel. Sena v. Travelers InsuranceDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1992
- Western Heritage Insurance Company v. Chava Trucking, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Hartford Fire Insurance v. Gandy Dancer, LLCDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2012
- Mid-Continent Casualty Co. v. Circle S Feed Store, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
- Millers Cas. Ins. Co. of Texas v. FloresNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
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