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· 6/29/2006

Deflon v. Sawyers

Citations

  • 137 P.3d 577
  • 139 N.M. 637
  • 2006 NMSC 025

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that plaintiff-employee could not have sued her corporate employer for interfering with her employment contract
  • explaining claim preclusion would not apply because one element was not met
  • “[P]rivity does not exist where an initial lawsuit is brought against an employer and a second lawsuit is then brought against an employee acting in his or her individual capacity.”
  • discussing the Tenth Circuit’s standards for privity
  • grouping negligent supervision and retention together

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bosson, Chavez, Jimenez, Maes, Minzner, Pamela, Patricio, Petra, Richard, Serna

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