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Once again, the New Mexico Court of Appeals has reinforced the public policy of making uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage a part of every automobile insurance policy issued in New Mexico. Farmers v.…

The class action lawsuits have begun in the BP spill. The first suit filed by Beasley Allen was filed to recover damages, past and future, suffered by the restaurant owners along the…

There was a recent New Jersey jury verdict of $18.5 million for a birth injury. The medical malpractice award was reported in The Star Ledger. Essentially, the jury issued the verdict after…

BP seems to be saying all the right things to the press. They acknowledge full responsibility for the accident and its clean up. They have indicated that they are putting every available…

The law in New Mexico regarding the rejection of uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage seems to be turned on its head in the recent New Mexico Supreme Court case of Marckstadt v. Lockheed Martin,…

Punitive damages are awarded in limited cases for the purposes of punishment of the defendant. Punitive damages also serve to deter similar such behavior by the defendant and others similarly situated. In…

President Obama has announced sweeping mine safety initiatives in response to the recent West Virginia mining disaster in which 29 miners were killed. This is all well and good, but will it…

There have been a couple of recent decisions involving very large damage awards against bars for the drunken actions of their patrons. The cases fall under dram shop and premises liability laws…

Medicaid liens can cause significant financial complications following settlement of a personal injury lawsuit. There are significant penalties for failure to properly account for those liens out of settlement funds. It is…

As promised in my last post, I will set forth the issues of import for uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage in New Mexico addressed in Salaz v. Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company. The case…