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Facts

• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff) entered into a loan agreement with Wong-Lin, Inc., doing business as Lams Chinese Restaurant, and Phillip Wong (Defendants). Defendants defaulted on the loan, leading to Plaintiff's decision not to continue billing Defendants monthly and demanding the full amount of the loan due.

Procedural History

• District Court of Bernalillo County: Summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff.

Parties' Submissions

• Plaintiff-Appellee: Argued that the affidavit attached to their motion for summary judgment was properly admitted and that they had sufficiently established grounds for standing.
• Defendants-Appellants: Contended that statements in the affidavit were contradicted by the business records, leaving a material question of fact. They also challenged the legal standard applied by the court regarding the burden of proof in summary judgment cases.

Legal Issues

• Whether the affidavit attached to Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was properly admitted and whether Plaintiff sufficiently established grounds for standing.
• Whether there was a material question of fact due to alleged contradictions between the affidavit and business records.
• Whether the legal standard applied regarding the burden of proof in summary judgment cases was correct.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff.

Reasons

• Per J. Miles Hanisee, Chief Judge (Jennifer L. Attrep, Judge and Megan P. Duffy, Judge concurring):
  The Court found that Defendants did not adequately respond to the proposed holdings regarding the admissibility of the affidavit and Plaintiff's standing, considering these matters abandoned (para 2).
  The Court disagreed with Defendants' assertion that the business records contradicted the affidavit, finding that the records, when considered together, supported the existence of a loan agreement and Defendants' default on the loan (para 4).
  The Court declined to reconsider its opinion in Trissell regarding the burden of proof in summary judgment cases, emphasizing that the New Mexico Supreme Court denied certiorari review of that opinion. Defendants failed to identify any affirmative defenses or demonstrate a material fact issue, which did not persuade the Court that affirmative defenses could defeat summary judgment (para 5).