New Mexico Truck Accident Cases

Late last month, a truck driver died as a result of serious injuries he incurred in a trucking accident. According to the New Mexico State Police and a local news report, the accident occurred on November 19 right after midnight. Apparently, the truck driver was traveling west on State Route 128 when he tried to... read more

The Court of Appeals of New Mexico released a decision in August 2014 that allowed the mother of an accident victim’s child to intervene in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the child’s stepmother (and the victim’s current wife). The ruling in the case of Spoon v. Burn Construction Company, docket no. 32674, Court of... read more

In a somewhat surprising decision released earlier this month, the New Mexico Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision that determined the New Mexico Department of Transportation could not be held liable for wrongful death based on its failure to adequately discover and remove semi-truck tire debris off the roadway before the debris caused... read more

A federal district court ruled earlier this year that the plaintiffs’ claim alleging a freight company’s liability for injuries sustained in an accident caused by the negligence of a driver employed by another company hired to transport materials on the freight company’s behalf should be heard by a jury. In the case of Beavers v.... read more

In a recent case, the Federal Court for the District of New Mexico ruled against a plaintiff who was injured in an accident with a semi-truck in 2012 and has forbidden the issue of punitive damages from being heard at trial. As a result of this ruling, the plaintiff will be limited, as a matter... read more