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RHODES v. MARTINEZ

No. 16698.

925 P.2d 1201 (1996)

122 N.M. 439

Bob RHODES, Plaintiff, v. Earl D. MARTINEZ and Carlos Martinez, Defendants. Joseph David CAMACHO, Interested Party/Appellant, v. The BRANCH LAW FIRM, Interested Party/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clara Ann Bowler, Albuquerque, for Interested Party/Appellant.

Felicia C. Weingartner, Margaret Moses Branch, Daniel R. Swiss, The Branch Law Firm, Albuquerque, for Interested Party/Appellee.

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

1. Attorney Joseph David Camacho (Camacho) appeals from an order denying enforcement of his lien for attorney's fees, accrued in settling Plaintiff Bob Rhodes' (Rhodes) property damage claim, on the grounds that Camacho's lien could not reach funds recovered in Rhodes' personal injury action and retained by the Branch firm as its fee. We reverse and remand with instructions.

FACTS

2. Bob Rhodes was injured...

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