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RODRIGUEZ v. HORTON

No. 4175.

622 P.2d 261 (1980)

Danny RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin K. HORTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Snead, Ortega & Snead, P.A., Ronald T. Taylor, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.

Adams & Foley, P.C., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

Rodriguez sued his attorney, Horton, for fraud and malpractice in connection with the settlement of a Workmen's Compensation case. The jury awarded Rodriguez $10,574.81 in compensatory and $25,000 in punitive damages, respectively. We affirm the lower court's judgment incorporating the jury awards.

In the spring of 1975, Rodriguez, who was not yet twenty, slipped in a hole, while working underground at his job as an electrician...

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