New Mexico Accidents

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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...

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...

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...

The expensive mistake is believing the first fault story is final. From the insurance company's perspective, they will try to say your dad caused the crash by overcorrecting,...

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:...

In Texas, they would immediately size up whether they can block your claim if they say you were mostly at fault. In New Mexico, the insurance company will still try to pin this...

The one thing the dealer and its insurer hope you never find out is that once the SUV is repaired, moved, stripped, or sold for salvage, a brake, steering, tire, or airbag...

The worst mistake people make is assuming a child's case can wait forever because the kid is a minor. What should have happened right away: after the Clovis crash, the injury...

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 - if a New Mexico government vehicle or public agency may be at fault, missing the 90-day notice can destroy the claim. That is the mistake that costs people the most...