Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Sumler
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 2002No. 22,152PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALARID, Judge.
{1} Appellee’s motion for rehearing having previously been granted by our Court, and our original opinion filed on September 23, 2002, having been withdrawn by order of the Court, the following opinion is hereby substituted as the opinion of the Court.
{2} Although this case is nominally an appeal from an order appointing Appellee as the personal representative of a deceased child’s estate, the actual controversy between the parties is over who should control and profit from the action for the child’s wrongful death. We take this opportunity to address two important…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Jensen v. Intermountain Health Care, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by7 opinions
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