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BEAVERS v. JOHNSON CONTROLS WORLD SERVICES, INC.

No. 21462.

881 P.2d 1376 (1994)

118 N.M. 391

Johanna BEAVERS, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. JOHNSON CONTROLS WORLD SERVICES, INC., and Arthur Dasilva, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eaton, Martinez & Hart, Roger V. Eaton, Michael B. Browde, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Baca, Coryell, Gershon & Hall, P.A., Bradford V. Coryell, Santa Fe, for respondents.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., James P. Bieg, Santa Fe, for amicus curiae N.M. Def. Lawyers.

OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

This case involves one of the great jurisprudential debates of the twentieth century:1 Whether an appellate court decision announcing a new rule of law, or changing an old one, should always be applied retroactively or may sometimes be applied only prospectively. We granted certiorari to revisit this question in light of the United States Supreme Court's abandonment last year, in Harper...

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