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WEIDLER v. BIG J ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 16712.

953 P.2d 1089 (1997)

124 N.M. 591

1998-NMCA-021

Mark E. WEIDLER, in his official capacity as Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, Respondent-Appellee, v. BIG J ENTERPRISES, INC., Petitioner-Appellant, and Matthew B. KEHOE, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. BIG J ENTERPRISES, INC., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Geoffrey Sloan, Special Assistant Attorney General, New Mexico Environment Department, Santa Fe, for Respondent-Appellee.

Eric Scott Jeffries, Ripley B. Harwood, Jeffries & Rugge, P.C., Albuquerque, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Michael E. Vigil, William C. Marchiondo, Marchiondo, Vigil & Associates, P.C., Albuquerque, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

1. Big J Enterprises (Big J) appeals a jury verdict, including punitive damages, for Matthew Kehoe (Kehoe) based on a claim of retaliatory discharge. Kehoe cross-appeals the trial court's ruling regarding prejudgment interest. We affirm the verdict and the award of prejudgment interest on the compensatory damages portion of the award.

FACTS

2. Big J is a construction company owned by Gary Johnson and his wife...

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