New Mexico Accidents

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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...

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:...

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."...

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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

You may see this phrase in an HR complaint, an EEOC charge, a lawyer's letter, or a meeting where someone says a supervisor "wanted something personal in exchange for the job."...

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 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...

90 days. That is the usual deadline to give written notice on a New Mexico claim against a city, county, or state agency, and if you miss it, your case can die before anyone...

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...

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...