New Mexico Accidents

You usually have 3 years from the date of death to file a New Mexico wrongful death case, and missing that can wipe it out. The common bad advice is: "Only the estate can sue,...

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.

After a deadly New Mexico wreck, the lawsuit is not just "the family sues" - who can recover depends on whether it is a wrongful death claim, a survival claim, and whether there are a spouse, kids, or an estate in the picture.

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 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 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 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.

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...

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 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 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....

People often mix up a trespasser with a licensee. A licensee is on the property with permission, even if only for their own reasons, such as a social guest or someone allowed...

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 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.

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...

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...