Torres v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that police have a duty to exercise reasonable care in criminal investigations and allowing a claim for negligent investigation of murder suspect who killed plaintiff's decedent
• concluding that, by statute, the Legislature imposed a duty upon police officers
• concluding that, by statute, the Legislature imposed a duty upon police officers
• holding that duty of care of New Mexico law enforcement officers may extend to out-of-state victims murdered by criminal who remained at large due to alleged negligence of officers investigating earlier murders by same criminal
• noting that “[t]he judiciary ... is not as directly and politically responsible to the people as are the legislative and executive branches of government”
• observing that the place of the wrong is the location of the last act necessary to complete the injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

96 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Herrera Ex Rel. Estate of Ruiz v. Quality Pontiac
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-05-16· cited 202×
• State v. Fry
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2005-12-08· cited 103×
• Lance v. Wyeth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-01-21· cited 101×
• Santa Fe Technologies, Inc. v. Argus Networks, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2001-12-13· cited 98×
• Seebold v. Prison Health Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-28· cited 93×
• State v. Tafoya
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2010-04-28· cited 83×
• Hartford Insurance v. Cline
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2006-06-20· cited 70×
• Lessard v. Coronado Paint & Decorating Center, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2007-06-20· cited 65×
• Ciup v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1996-09-30· cited 61×
• Weinstein v. City of Santa Fe Ex Rel. Santa Fe Police Department
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1996-04-01· cited 60×
• Barreras v. State Corrections Department
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2002-12-09· cited 59×
• Wachocki v. Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2009-11-24· cited 52×
• State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Johnson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1998-05-29· cited 48×
• Davis v. Board of County Commissioners
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-07-13· cited 47×
• State Ex Rel. Sandel v. New Mexico Public Utility Commission
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1999-03-15· cited 46×
• Ferrell v. Allstate Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-06-06· cited 43×
• City of Albuquerque v. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-09-30· cited 42×
• Garcia v. Coffman
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-06-17· cited 36×
• State v. Padilla
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-06-08· cited 36×
• GandyDancer, LLC v. Rock House CGM, LLC
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2019-11-14· cited 36×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Silva v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1987-11-03· cited 162×
• Schear v. Board of County Commissioners
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1984-08-06· cited 155×
• Methola v. County of Eddy
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-12-31· cited 125×
• Calkins v. Cox Estates
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-05-02· cited 123×
• California First Bank v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-11-28· cited 77×
• Reichert v. Atler
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-05-10· cited 58×
• Wittkowski Ex Rel. Wittkowski v. State, Corrections Department
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1985-11-14· cited 49×
• Jones v. International Union of Operating Engineers
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1963-06-24· cited 48×
• Zamora v. Smalley
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1961-01-06· cited 44×
• FIRST NAT. BANK IN ALBUQUERQUE v. Benson
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1976-07-27· cited 40×
• Barth v. Coleman
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-06-14· cited 35×
• Cross v. City of Clovis
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-06-02· cited 33×
• Ortiz v. New Mexico State Police
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1991-05-02· cited 27×
• Lucero v. Salazar
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1994-05-11· cited 26×
• Udy v. Calvary Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1989-10-30· cited 24×
• Blea v. City of Espanola
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1994-01-18· cited 18×
• Sandoval v. Rodriguez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1966-11-21· cited 9×
• Torres v. State
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1993-10-29· cited 5×