New Mexico Accidents

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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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.

What the insurance company does not want you to know is that signing a lawyer's paperwork does not automatically mean you are paying money up front. People often confuse a...

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 Clovis HVAC tech got hit in a parking lot, the other driver disappeared, and now the insurer is pushing a cheap settlement before the medical picture is even clear.

The part that trips people up most is that the settlement number you hear first is usually not the amount you actually take home. "Net to client" means the money left for the...

Like stepping onto a patch of diesel on a shop floor that looks dry until your boots shoot out from under you, a slip and fall is an accident caused by losing traction or...

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:...

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.

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...

What the insurance company does not want you to know is that this is usually not just one claim. In New Mexico, payment often depends on three separate systems that can...

Everyone says "just call the insurance company," but actually the insurer's goal is to close the claim cheaply and fast. From the insurance company's perspective, this is a...

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

You usually have 3 years from the crash date to sue in New Mexico, but trucking evidence can vanish in days and some federal records may be overwritten after 6 months. From the...