New Mexico Accidents

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.

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...

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....

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 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.

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 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 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 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.

A federal law that bars employers from discriminating against workers and job applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Passed as part of the Civil...

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 bad outcome can happen fast: someone in their 40s, 50s, or 60s gets pushed out, passed over, or laid off, and misses the chance to challenge it because they did not realize...

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 duty to warn is a legal obligation to give people a clear heads-up about a danger they may not reasonably notice on their own. In everyday terms, it means the person or...

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.

Was I treated differently at work because of who I am? That is the core question behind disparate treatment in employment. It means an employer intentionally treats one worker...

Miss the deadline, say the wrong thing to HR, or assume an internal report is enough, and a strong workplace discrimination case can die before it ever gets heard. An EEOC...

The worst-case version is a baby or mother suffers a serious delivery-room injury, and no one realizes that a vacuum-assisted birth may have caused or worsened it. A vacuum...

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

You just got a letter that says your employer is "reviewing payroll practices" after workers complained about missing overtime and short paychecks. A wage and hour violation...