New Mexico Statutes

§ 41-7-2 — [Judgment as res judicata.]

New Mexico·Ch. 41 Torts·Art. 7 Libel and Slander
A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance as described in Section 1 [41-7-1 NMSA 1978] shall bar any other action for damages by the same plaintiff against the same defendant founded upon the same publication or exhibition or utterance.

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Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 40-27-31, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 50, § 2; 1978 Comp., §

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