Legal Opinion
Foster v. Luce
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 16, 1993No. 13126PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONNELLY, Judge.
Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding Plaintiff compensatory and punitive damages in a tort action which grew out of their purchase of cattle on the Navajo Indian Reservation. We discuss: (1) whether the district court had jurisdiction over a tort claim filed by Plaintiff, a Navajo Indian, against Defendants for alleged wrongful acts which occurred, in part, on the Navajo Indian Reservation; (2) whether the district court erred in ruling that Defendants waived their right to a jury trial; and (3) whether the district court erred in awarding Plaintiff prejudgment…
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