Legal Opinion
Chavarria v. Fleetwood Retail Corp.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 6, 2006No. 29,246PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} In this case, it is undisputed that employees of Fleetwood Mobile Homes committed fraud during the sale of a mobile home to Roddie Chavarria and Norma Castaneda (Plaintiffs). It is also undisputed on appeal that Fleetwood failed to deliver the customized mobile home it promised and set up the home it did deliver in an unworkmanlike manner. The district court judge, sitting without a jury, found in favor of Plaintiffs and awarded compensatory and punitive damages plus attorney fees. On appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed a portion of the compensatory damages award,…
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