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SAMEDAN OIL CORP. v. NEELD

No. 11628.

577 P.2d 1245 (1978)

91 N.M. 599

SAMEDAN OIL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Elizabeth NEELD, Administratrix of the Estate of John Wesley Neeld, Jr., Deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCormick & Forbes, Carlsbad, for petitioner.

Dick A. Blenden, Carlsbad, for respondent.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, William A. Sloan, Keleher & McLeod, Ranne Miller, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Joseph E. Roehl, Albuquerque, for amici curiae.

OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

This case was brought in the District Court of Eddy County to recover damages for the wrongful death of John Wesley Neeld, Jr. Plaintiff-appellee (plaintiff), as administratrix of the decedent's estate, and pursuant to § 22-20-3, N.M.S.A. 1953, sought to recover $500,000.00 compensatory damages and $1,000,000.00 punitive or exemplary damages.

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