Legal Opinion

Wright v. First National Bank

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided April 5, 1996No. 16457PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

1. This is an appeal from an order apportioning attorney fees and costs between Plaintiff and two claimants to monies recovered by Plaintiff following her prosecution of a tort action. Plaintiff contends that the trial court’s assessment of attorney fees and costs to Lovelace Medical Center (Lovelace) on its hospital lien and to the United States Military CHAMPUS Program1 on its claim filed July 13, 1993, was inequitable, and that the trial court erred in allowing Lovelace and CHAMPUS to recover on their claims out of the remaining monies held by her following the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Transport Indemnity Company v. GarciaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. United States v. GreeneDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1967
  3. Amica Mutual Insurance v. MaloneyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Martinez v. St. Joseph Healthcare SystemNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
  5. United States v. Joseph M. Haynes and Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wright v. First Nat. Bank in AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Benavidez v. Sierra Blanca MotorsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998

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