Legal Opinion

Budagher v. Amrep Corp.

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided August 10, 1983No. 5893PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NEAL, Judge.

The defendants contend that reversible error was committed when the plaintiffs’ requested instructions were inadvertently submitted to the jury for the first hour of its deliberation. We agree, and reverse.

The case, first tried in 1980, concerns the plaintiffs’ claim that the defendants, Amrep Southwest, Inc. and Amrep Corporation, negligently controlled runoff, which caused flood damage to the plaintiff’s property. After the first trial, which resulted in a verdict for the defendants, the Supreme Court reversed. Budagher v. Amrep Corp., 97 N.M. 116, 637 P.2d 547 (1981). On…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1967
  2. State v. OronaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1979
  3. State v. BealNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1944
  4. State v. McCarterNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Scott v. BrownNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Gonzales v. Surgidev Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Jessen v. National Excess InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
  3. State v. PriceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. Kilgore v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2009
  5. State v. DoeNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983

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