New Mexico Accidents

A Farmington bartender got hit at a malfunctioning city intersection by an uninsured driver and is now stuck between a missed government notice deadline, a UM/UIM claim, and VA benefit confusion.

Yes - the costliest mistake is assuming "no plate, no case" and never opening a UM/UIM claim on your own policy. Most people think a hit-and-run on I-25, I-40, or a snowy...

A night-shift security guard in Las Vegas, New Mexico can still bring an injury claim after a crosswalk crash even if immigration status is a major fear.

The part that trips people up most is that this leave is usually unpaid. The Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, is a federal law that gives eligible employees up to 12...

A hiring rule can be illegal even when nobody says the quiet part out loud, if it screens out a protected group at a much higher rate and the employer cannot prove the rule is...

When a boat owner or insurer tries to send an injured offshore worker to "their" doctor, the fight is really about control of the medical record, not your recovery.

A rear-end crash in a Rio Rancho work zone gets a lot messier when there are no witnesses, the other driver changes the story, and you're pregnant, missing work, and staring at follow-up medical bills.

A jackknifed semi on wet Santa Fe pavement can leave you feeling guilty, blamed, and broke, especially when your health insurer starts acting like the settlement belongs to them.

A Roswell city parks employee got sideswiped by a semi and now the insurer is trying to turn old back problems and social media posts into a reason to pay less.

A break in treatment after a Roswell construction-zone pedestrian crash can wreck claim value fast, especially when the insurer dangles money before you're done healing.

A project manager hit in a road rage crash on government property in Las Cruces may have a dead claim against the public entity after the notice deadline, but not necessarily against the driver, workers' comp, or uninsured motorist coverage.

Insurance companies and defense lawyers may throw around a phrase like this to suggest an injured person has a shaky immigration history, less credibility, or fewer options....

A Rio Rancho teacher got hit by a car backing into the travel lane and the insurance company is pushing a cheap settlement before the full injury picture is clear.

A city parks worker can have a workers' comp claim and a claim against the SUV driver at the same time, and the lowball usually starts when the city and the other insurer start blaming each other.

People often confuse being an independent contractor with simply being paid by 1099 or working without a set schedule. Those are not the same thing. A true independent...

What actually controls an Uber passenger injury claim in New Mexico after a side-impact crash, and where the insurance fight usually starts.

Is what happened actually sexual harassment, or just "how that place is"? If the conduct is sexual, unwelcome, and serious enough to affect someone's job, safety, or basic...

It usually shows up in a termination packet, an HR email, or a meeting where someone slides papers across the table and says, "You'll get X weeks of pay if you sign by Friday."...

For serious New Mexico truck-crash injuries, settlements often end up in the mid-five to low-six figures. That sounds reassuring, but it hides the part families get wrong:...

The part that trips people up most is this: being paid a salary does not automatically mean a worker is exempt from overtime. An overtime exemption is a legal rule that lets an...