· 9/30/1996
Gabaldon v. Jay-Bi Property Management, Inc.
Citations
- 925 P.2d 510
- 122 N.M. 393
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining the need for bright-line rules and reaffirming the rule requiring contemporaneous sensory perception of the injury-producing event
- arrival at the scene of the accident soon after it occurs but before the arrival of emergency medical personnel is “contemporaneous” with the accident
- NIED not available to compensate for life experiences people are expected to endure
- “It is apparent that reliance on foreseeability of injury alone in finding a duty, and thus a right to recover, is not adequate when the damages sought are for an intangible injury.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
- discussing the benefits of our bright-line rule
- discussing need to balance competing interests
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Judges: Minzner, Ransom, Franchini
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