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  "name_abbreviation": "Jewell v. Seidenberg",
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      "SPIESS, C. J., and OMAN, J. concur."
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    "parties": [
      "Bobbie JEWELL, and the minors, Tommie E. Jewell, III, and Michelle M. Jewell, by their next friend, Bobbie L. Jewell, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. Leonard SEIDENBERG and Louise Geng Seidenberg, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees."
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        "text": "OPINION\nHENDLEY, Judge.\nDefendants appeal from adverse verdicts in a medical malpractice action. Defendauts\u2019 Point III is dispositive of the appeal. We reverse.\n\u201cTHE TRIAL COURT\u2019S FAILURE AND REFUSAL TO FOLLOW THE NEW MEXICO UNIFORM JURY INSTRUCTIONS DEPRIVED DEFENDANTS OF A FAIR TRIAL.\u201d\nBy Supreme Court Order No. 8000 Misc. dated May 5, 1966, Rule 51 of the Rules of Civil Procedure [\u00a7 21-1-1(51), N.M.S.A. 1953 (Supp.1969)] was amended to read in part:\n\u201c(c) * * * the U.J.I. instruction shall be used unless under the facts or circumstances of the particular case the published Uniform Jury Instruction is erroneous or otherwise improper, and the trial court so finds and states of record its reasons. [As amended May 5, 1966. Effective September 1, 1966.]\u201d\nAlso stated in Order No. 8000 Misc. is the iollowing:\n\u201cNOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the instructions prepared by the New Mexico Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Uniform Jury Instructions, together with directions as to use or non-use of instructions on certain subjects, -contained in a volume published by West .Publishing Company and attached hereto, \u25a0shall be in effect as New Mexico Uni\u25a0form Jury Instructions (U.J.I.) and shall be used as provided in Rule 51 of Rules -of Civil Procedure (Sec. 21-1-1(51) N.M.S.A.1953), in cases filed on and .after September 1, 1966.\u201d (Emphasis added).\nThe \u201cDirections for Use\u201d of U.J.I. 17.1 \u25a0.states:\n\u201cThis instruction shall be given to the jury in every case and shall replace .all instructions of similar import gen-erally much longer but in essence stating the same principle.\u201d\nBoth plaintiff and defendant requested U.J.I. 17.1. Both were refused. The record fails to reflect why the instruction was refused.\nThe \u201cCommittee Comment\u201d on U.J.I. 17.1 states:\n\u201cThe jury should be impressed with the seriousness of their part in the administration of justice. This instruction is a basic statement of law ordinarily applicable in all jury cases.\u201d\nAs we stated in Chapin v. Rogers, 80 N.M. 684, 459 P.2d 846 (Ct.App.1969) the purpose of the Order of the Supreme Court, where applicable, was to make it mandatory upon the trial court to use the U.J.I.\nA refusal of a mandatory direction is reversible error.\nReversed.\nIt is so ordered.\nSPIESS, C. J., and OMAN, J. concur.",
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        "author": "HENDLEY, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Allen C. Dewey, Jr., Leland S. Sedberry, Modrall, Seymour, Sperling, Roehl & Harris, Albuquerque, for appellants.",
      "O. R. Adams, Jr., Edward P. Chase, Albuquerque, for appellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "475 P.2d 785\nBobbie JEWELL, and the minors, Tommie E. Jewell, III, and Michelle M. Jewell, by their next friend, Bobbie L. Jewell, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. Leonard SEIDENBERG and Louise Geng Seidenberg, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.\nNo. 446.\nCourt of Appeals of New Mexico.\nJune 12, 1970.\nCertiorari issued June 29, 1970.\nAllen C. Dewey, Jr., Leland S. Sedberry, Modrall, Seymour, Sperling, Roehl & Harris, Albuquerque, for appellants.\nO. R. Adams, Jr., Edward P. Chase, Albuquerque, for appellees."
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