Legal Opinion
Guest v. Allstate Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 2010No. 31,602, 31,603PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOSSON, Justice.
{1} A jury awarded Plaintiff Suzanne Guest, an attorney, a multi-million-dollar verdict against her former client, Defendant Allstate Insurance Co. The jury found that Allstate had breached its contract to defend and indemnify Guest in a lawsuit that was filed against her and Allstate by a former insured of Allstate. The bulk of Guest’s $1,800,000 compensatory damages award was for ten years worth of future earnings that she claimed Allstate would have paid her in legal fees had it not breached the promise to defend and indemnify her. We affirm the Court of Appeals in…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- C.R. Anthony Co. v. Loretto Mall PartnersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
- Durham v. GuestNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2009
- Schnall v. Hertz CorporationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
- Jordan v. Group Health Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
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