Welcome to Eaton & Eaton Law
Roger Eaton is a New Mexico and Colorado Injury/Trial Lawyer with more than 38 years experience.
Since 1992, Martindale-Hubbell has rated Roger Eaton an AV Preeminent, which means that he meets the highest possible standards in both legal ability and ethics. The AV rating is and has been the primary way that lawyers and judges evaluate their peers. Additionally, Roger Eaton was a charter member of "Outstanding Lawyers of America 2002" (which was limited to 200 lawyers per state).
OUR RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Roger Eaton has tried more than 30 jury trials and more than 100 non-jury matters to a Court or an Administrative Law Judge. Roger been involved in more than 17 appeals, some of which have established controlling New Mexico law including:
Beavers v. Johnson Controls World Services, 120 N.M. 343, 901 P.2d 761 (N.M. App. 1995). This case established the first recovery in the State of New Mexico for a prima facie tort.
Stinbrink v. Farmers Insurance, 111 N.M. 179, 803 P.2d. 664 (N.M. 1989. This case established an insured's right to recover punitive damages from his uninsured/underinsured insurance policy.
Levy v. Disharoon, 106 N.M. 699, 749 P.2d 84(1988). The case permitted a partner to recover punitive damages and attorney’s fees from another partner for a breach of fiduciary duty.
U.S. v. McCall, 235 F.3d 1211(10th Cir. 2000). This case upheld a lower court ruling that prevented the United States from foreclosing on an obligation and provided for the recovery of attorney’s fees on the government's failure to perform a contract to which it had agreed.
Encinias v. Whitener, 2013-NMSC-045 (2013). This case determined that a school could be liable for student-on-student violence that occurred in an area which was a known area of violence that was not properly patrolled. This ruling came out of a case in which a law firm failed to file a suit against the school district within the Statute of Limitations.
Additionally, Roger has other appellate decisions set out in different parts of this website.