Justice Michael Vigil wrote the opinion
SANTA FE, N.M. (Legal Newsline) - The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the state’s $600,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice suits, rejecting arguments the statute violated the constitutional right to trial.
Lawyers for plaintiff Susan Siebert argued successfully in a lower court that the cap intruded on the New Mexico Constitution’s guarantee that the right to a jury trial is “inviolate” by preventing jurors from awarding her more than $600,000 in punitive damages and recovery for pain and suffering.
The jury awarded her $2.6 million in damages for injuries suffered during a surgical procedure, although the verdict didn’t specify how to allocate the roughly $1.6 million in damages that exceeded Siebert’s claimed $936,000 in medical expenses.
government assistance. in other words, official corruption. there s no way that they can operate. but what i find appalling is that when they found out that he had escaped from his cell, it took three hours at least to generate a response. and by that time, he was on his way probably to his native state. this guy should never been alone for three hours. michael vigil, thanks so much for being with us. appreciate it. seven minutes after the hour right now. the trump thing is now real or at least way more real. one poll has him out in front. another poll has his popularity doubling. what will the other candidates now do to try to make this go away? plus, a deal with the devil, a historic mistake, as critics tear into the nuclear deal with iran. right now, president obama is preparing to face questions from reporters to make his case to
guard population and the people that were building the tunnel. this was not strictly from the outside in. the communication had to be intensive during the days of the building of the tunnel. but you re absolutely right. chapo guzman has built hundreds of tunnels along the u.s./mexico border to funnel tons of drugs into the united states. and now he just took that technology and applied it in making his escape from one of the most security penitentiaries in mexico. michael, one of the things in the aftermath that i ve found surprising, seen reporting that the united states, hours after it was announced that he had escaped, they offered up as much assistance as possible, as much assistance as mexico needed. and those offerings have gone without a response from mexican authorities. why wouldn t they want the help to track this guy down?
polo on the ground there for us. the big question facing us is how do you catch him at this point? michael vigil is joining us now. he s a former d.e.a. chief of international operations. mr. vigil, thanks very much for joining us. when we look at that surveillance video, hopefully we can show it once again, that the mexican prison authorities released, it shows el chapo walking around. he doesn t look too nervous or flustered it almost looks like he knew he was about to get out. what do you make of this surveillance video? well, obviously he knew the hole had already been punched into his cell. he walked calmly in there. he knew that he was going to have at least one or two hours head start. but more appalling is where were the guards that were supposed to be monitoring that closed circuit tv? they should have picked up on that when he went into the
to improving the criminal justice system in chicago named el chapo public enemy number one. joining me right now to talk about el chapo s influence in chicago in particular is michael vigil, the former dea chief of international operations. good to see you, michael. good seeing you. what is it about chicago and el chapo and this direct line to supply so much? the thing is, chicago is a very strategic location for the sinaloa cartel. it s a transportation hub. the ethnicity of chicago lends itself to a lot of the drug trade. the gang culture and apart from that, you know, the size of the city. so chicago in essence has become the principle distribution hub in the united states supplanting miami that used to control it many years zblag is your feeling