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TORRANCE CTY. M. H. P. v. NEW MEXICO HED.

No. 19272.

830 P.2d 145 (1992)

113 N.M. 593

TORRANCE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW MEXICO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Dickinson, Clifford M. Rees, Geoffrey Sloan, Special Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Ray Twohig, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.

William H. Carpenter, Michael B. Browde, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae New Mexico Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Justice.

In this case we answer the question whether punitive damages may be recovered from a governmental entity in an action for breach of contract. We also consider two other damage issues arising under the particular facts in the case and the evidence at trial: whether damages for the plaintiff corporation's "loss in value" caused by the defendant's breach of contract were properly awarded, and whether the plaintiff could recover...

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