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· 3/4/1987

Slide-A-Ride of Las Cruces, Inc. v. Citizens Bank

Citations

  • 733 P.2d 1316
  • 105 N.M. 433

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that compulsory counterclaims that were not asserted and litigated in a prior action were deemed abandoned and could not be asserted in a later action
  • upholding denial of motion to amend where additional claims were sought to be raised on eve of close of discovery, some twenty months after complaint filed
  • upholding denial of motion to amend where additional claims were sought to be raised on eve of close of discovery, some twenty months after complaint filed
  • reviewing denial of leave to amend complaint for an abuse of discretion
  • purpose of SCRA 1-013 is to avoid multiplicity of actions and resolve in single action all disputes arising out of common matters
  • “[AJmendments to pleadings are favored, and should be allowed when justice so requires____[However], denial of a motion to amend will be reversed only upon a showing of clear abuse of discretion.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Walters, Stowers, Ransom

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