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· 10/29/2001

Delgado v. Phelps Dodge Chino, Inc.

Citations

  • 34 P.3d 1148
  • 131 N.M. 272
  • 2001 NMSC 034

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing cause of action for intentional spoliation, but not negligent spoliation, against first and third parties
  • recognizing a cause of action for intentional spoliation of evidence by a third party
  • recognizing tort of intentional spoliation of evidence in New Mexico
  • allowing workers to pursue remedies beyond workers’ compensation insurance in cases involving intoxication, willfulness, or intentional self-infliction
  • “accident” defined “an unlooked-for mishap or some untoward event that is not expected or designed”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Franchini, Serna, Baca, Minzner, Maes

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