Legal Opinion
Sloan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 2004No. 27,928PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} In this insurance-bad-faith case, arising from an insurance company’s failure to settle a third-party lawsuit against its insured, we are asked to clarify whether a culpable mental state in addition to bad faith is required for the imposition of punitive damages. The following question was certified to us by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in accordance with Rule 12-607 NMRA 2003:
Is an instruction for punitive damages required in every insurance bad faith case in which the plaintiff has produced evidence supporting compensatory damages as…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. BreitNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
- Paiz v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Allsup's Convenience Stores, Inc. v. North River InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- Lujan v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- State Farm General Insurance Company v. CliftonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by72 opinions
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- American National Property & Casualty Co. v. ClevelandNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2012
- Bird v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2007
- Akins v. United Steel Workers of AmericaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2010
- Hauff v. PettersonDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2010
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