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Reversed $700,000
of a $1 million punitive damage award for defamation,
on the ground that the punitive damages were
unconstitutionally excessive. Aken v. Plains
Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative,
Inc., 2002-NMSC-021, 132 N.M. 401, 49 P.3d 662.
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Reversed a $250,000 award of punitive
damages against an insurer under the New Mexico
Unfair Practices Act, on the ground that punitive
damages are not an available remedy under the
Unfair Practices Act. McLelland v. United Wisconsin
Life Insurance Co., 1999-NMCA-055, 127 N.M. 303,
980 P.2d 86.
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Reversed in its entirety a judgment
of over $5 million against an insurance company
for insurance bad faith, on the ground that the
facts did not establish a legal basis for a bad
faith claim. National Union Fire Insurance Co.
v. United States Fire Insurance Co., Nos. 22,347 & 21,874
(N.M. Ct. App. June 26, 2003).
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Obtained an appellate court ruling
that the New Mexico Workers' Compensation Act
does not provide recovery for sexual harassment
in the workplace. Cox v. Chino Mines/Phelps Dodge,
115 N.M. 335, 850 P.2d 1038 (Ct. App. 1993).
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Obtained a writ of superintending
control from the New Mexico Supreme Court preventing
a district court from enjoining a reduction in
force implemented by a large governmental employer.
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