New Mexico § 41-2-1 [Death by wrongful act or neglect; liability in damages.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 41-2-1 — [Death by wrongful act or neglect; liability in damages.]

New Mexico § 41-2-1

Ch. 41Torts

Art. 2Wrongful Death; Actions for Damages

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 41-2-1 (2026).

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Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of another, although such death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to a felony, and the act, or neglect, or default, is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who, or the corporation which, would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured.

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Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of another, although such death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to a felony, and the act, or neglect, or default, is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who, or the corporation which, would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured.