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JOLLEY v. ENERGEN RESOURCES CORP.

No. 27,489.

198 P.3d 376 (2008)

2008-NMCA-164

Val JOLLEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Everett Stapleton, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied, No. 31,375, November 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guebert, Bruckner & Bootes, P.C., Terry R. Guebert, Don Bruckner, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

Holland & Hart, LLP, Bradford C. Berge, Trent A. Howell, Larry J. Montaño, Santa Fe, NM, Holland & Hart, LLP, Stephen G. Masciocchi, Denver, CO, for Appellant.

OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} Plaintiff is the personal representative of the estate of her son (Decedent) who was nineteen years old when he died. In this wrongful death case the jury awarded Plaintiff $2,957,000 in compensatory damages, which was reduced to $1,922,050 based on a finding that Decedent was 35 percent negligent and Defendant was 65 percent negligent. The jury also awarded Plaintiff $13,000,000 in punitive damages. We affirm.

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