Legal Opinion
Rangel v. Save Mart, Inc.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 11, 2006No. 24,769PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
{1} In this case, we determine whether the district court abused its discretion in awarding sanctions under Rule 1-011 NMRA, based on the filing of an attorney charging lien. Because we determine that the appellant’s assertion of the charging lien was colorable as a matter of law, we hold that the district court abused its discretion in imposing sanctions, and we reverse the order imposing sanctions.
BACKGROUND
{2} This dispute originated as a slip-and-fall ease brought by Plaintiff, Otilia Rangel, against Save Mart. Appellant, the Lovett Law Firm (Lovett), represented…
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