Legal Opinion
Sam v. Estate of Sam
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 2006No. 28,426PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAES, Justice.
{1} This case arises from an accident that occurred in New Mexico and involved an Arizona government employee. As a matter of first impression, we must determine whether a New Mexico district court should, as a matter of comity, recognize the sovereign immunity of a sister state, Arizona. Petitioners urge us to reverse the Court of Appeals’ findings that neither New Mexico’s nor Arizona’s limits on waiver of sovereign immunity apply to Respondents’ claim and that the claim is not barred by either state’s statute of limitations. Both Arizona and New Mexico have waived…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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