All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2021 // Several female attorneys and investigators at the state Law Offices of the Public Defender are getting raises to resolve a lawsuit that alleged unfair compensation in comparison with better-paid male colleagues.Five...
Jun 15 2021 // New Mexico’s Attorney General has moved to intervene in a lawsuit in which the California Insurance Co.’s is fighting actions by the California Department of Insurance to block CIC’s redomestication to...
Jun 15 2021 // The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, asserting the agency failed to equip her husband.The Albuquerque Journal reported that...
Jun 2 2021 // The former head of New Mexico’s pension system for educators has accused Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and others of denying her equal pay.Jan Goodwin filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, saying she...
Mar 23 2021 // The New Mexico state Legislature has passed a bill aimed at reducing the rehiring of abusive teachers and addressing the rising costs of child-abuse-related settlements.The Senate passed the bill 37-0 on late last week, in...
Mar 22 2021 // New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that monetary limits on some types of damages due to medical malpractice are not unconstitutional.The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Medical Malpractice...
Feb 9 2021 // A bill that would strip police officers of immunity from civil rights lawsuits in state court is being rewritten to cap potential damage awards at $2 million, in a concession to critics who warned of dire financial...
Jan 7 2021 // California Insurance Company of New Mexico has filed suit in federal court to enjoin the California Insurance Department from continuing to take what the suit asserts are illegal, actions to block the approved...
Nov 30 2020 // New Mexico authorities will be cracking down on drunken drivers throughout the month of December.State police issued the warning this week, saying sobriety checkpoints will be set up around the state. Officers also will be...
Nov 12 2020 // A U.S. meat company that supplies Walmart and Costco is suing New Mexico to fight a state order that seeks to close a production facility where more than 100 workers have tested positive for COVID-19.The lawsuit from...
Nov 9 2020 // The New Mexico Environment Department said it has reached a settlement with the operator of a gas plant in northwestern New Mexico over permit and regulatory violations that resulted in excess emissions.The agency said CCI...
Nov 3 2020 // California Insurance Co. has filed an “Anti-SLAPP” motion the company says is to protect its First Amendment rights in its ongoing legal battle with the California Department of Insurance and Insurance...
Oct 21 2020 // Workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters is suing California Insurance Department officials to halt a state plan its says would force its workers’ compensation partner California Insurance Co....
Oct 19 2020 // New Mexico’s congressional delegation is calling for more oversight of a federal agency after some farmers and ranchers were shortchanged on disaster aid and Hispanic farmers who rely on traditional acequias to...
Oct 12 2020 // Austin, TX October 12, 2020 – Judi Vaughn, CIC, CISR, Account Manager for Kysar Leavitt Insurance Agency, in Farmington, New Mexico, has been awarded the most prestigious honor available to insurance customer service...
Sep 24 2020 // New Mexico State Police have reached a $300,000 settlement with a disabled woman who accused an officer of grabbing and handcuffing her after she refused to provide ID in 2016.Jessica Guttman claimed in her 2018 lawsuit...
Sep 21 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...
Sep 21 2020 // New Mexico officials have clarified that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks as in-person classes began for some students.“In no way will teachers or school...
Sep 14 2020 // The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to a department and later removed him when the program got state funding for the change, according...
Sep 10 2020 // New Mexico officials clarified this week that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks as in-person classes began for some students.“In no way will teachers or school...