(DOWNLOAD) "Conant V. Rodriguez" by New Mexico Court of Appeals ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Conant V. Rodriguez
- Author : New Mexico Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 12, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
Description
Abran Rodriguez, d/b/a Abe Rodriguez and Associates, appeals a judgment entered against him for compensatory and punitive damages in a non-jury trial. Plaintiff, Georgianne Conant, alleged misconduct with respect to a polygraph examination that her employer, Katherine Katona, ordered her to take. Leo Gurule, working under the auspices of Abe Rodriguez and Associates, conducted the examination. Gurule reported to Katona that Conant failed the examination and that she untruthfully answered questions concerning an alleged theft of money from the business. Katona then fired Conant. Shortly after she was dismissed, Conant met with Rodriguez to discuss the examination conducted by Gurule. At the meeting Rodriguez told Conant that the test performed by Gurule was invalid and inconclusive and that Conant should not have been fired based upon the examination. The district court found that Conant requested Rodriguez to inform Katona of his Conclusions but Rodriguez failed and refused to do so. The district court awarded Conant $5,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages, apportioning the damages 50% against Rodriguez, 25% against against Gurule, and 25% against Katona. Based on its finding that Gurule was an employee of Rodriguez, the district court held Rodriguez liable for Gurule's percentage of the damages under the doctrine of respondeat superior.