PLATTE v. FIRST COLONY LIFE INS. CO.

No. 30,691.

194 P.3d 108 (2008)

2008-NMSC-058

William PLATTE, personal representative of the Estate of Lorenne Rebecca Rivera-Platte, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. FIRST COLONY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, Defendant-Respondent, and Michael B. Hopkins, Robin H. Hopkins, James McCoy, Martin Sir, Paul Holley, Phillip Mickens, and Lisa Treat, Objectors-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sutin, Thayer & Browne, P.C., Paul Bardacke, Kerry C. Kiernan, Eaves & Mendenhall, P.A., John M. Eaves, Karen S. Mendenhall, Myers, Oliver & Price, P.C., Floyd D. Wilson, McCary, Wilson & Pryor, Dennis M. McCary, Alan Karl Konrad, Wilson Law Firm, P.C., Alan R. Wilson, Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner.

Scheuer, Yost & Patterson, P.C., Mel E. Yost, Christopher M. Grimmer, Santa Fe, NM, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P., Mindy J. Spector, John P. Mastando, III, New York, NY, for Respondent.

McClaugherty & Silver, P.C., Joe L. McClaugherty, White, Koch, Kelly & McCarthy, P.A., Mary Karen Kilgore, Law Office of George T. Geran, George T. Geran, Santa Fe, NM, Law Offices of Brian K. Branch, Brian K. Branch, Albuquerque, NM, Caddell & Chapman, Michael A. Caddell, Cynthia B. Chapman, Houston, TX, for Objectors.


OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} This matter involves the highly unusual posture of reviewing the Court of Appeals' Opinion without the benefit of adversarial presentation of the issues. After the Court of Appeals filed its Opinion, the parties settled. All parties now petition this Court to reverse the Court of Appeals and vacate the Opinion. Because of the unique circumstances of this appeal, we affirm...

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