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UNITED NUCLEAR CORP. v. GENERAL ATOMIC CO.

Nos. 11988, 12052.

629 P.2d 231 (1980)

96 N.M. 155

UNITED NUCLEAR CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL ATOMIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, and Indiana & Michigan Electric Co., Defendant-Appellee. UNITED NUCLEAR CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL ATOMIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, and Indiana & Michigan Electric Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, John D. Robb, Jack Eastham, Albuquerque, Montgomery, Andrews & Hannahs, Seth D. Montgomery, Santa Fe, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Bigbee, Stephenson, Carpenter & Crout, Donnan Stephenson; Harry L. Bigbee, Santa Fe, James T. Paulantis, Albuquerque, Charles D. Olmsted, Santa Fe, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, Rogers M. Doering, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee United Nuclear.

Jones, Gallegos, Snead & Wertherim, James E. Snead, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellee Indiana & Michigan Elec. Co.

OPINION

PAYNE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a default judgment entered against General Atomic Company (GAC) in Santa Fe District Court for its alleged willful and bad faith failure to comply with the court's discovery orders.1

This case is by far the single largest litigation in the history of New Mexico, both in terms of the dollar value of the judgment, which approaches one billion dollars, and the sheer volume of...

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