New Mexico Bad Faith Law

Craig Hanson v. American Economy Insurance Company

Albuquerque, New Mexico, insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.... More...

$1 (10-03-2025 - NM)

United States of America v. Michael Rivera

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual-exploitation and child-pornography-production. On January 9, 2022, the Grant County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) received a report of a possible crime against a child involving Mr. Rivera and Jane Doe, a juvenile. The next day, GCSO Detective Jason Jordan interviewed Ms. Doe's mother, Valeri Arzaga. Ms... More...

$0 (06-16-2025 - NM)

Amanda Cuellar v. Dolgencorp., L.L.C.

Albuquerque, New Mexico civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory. Legal issue Can the parties in a legal case obtain a stipulated protective order to safeguard confidential and proprietary information during discovery? Key Phrases Stipulated Protective Order. Confidential proprietary information. Federal Rules of Civil Procedu... More...

$0 (01-31-2025 - NM)

<h1> United States of America v. David Duren, a/k/a Dawud Hakiem Duren </h1>

<h2><center> Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to steal from a nonprofit health care provider </center><center> Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 15 months for Stealing from a Nonprofit Working to Prevent Veteran Suicides</h2></center></b... More...

$0 (11-22-2024 - NM)

Autovest, L.L.C. v. Debra M. Agosto and Debbie M. Agosto

<h2> Las Cruces, New Mexico consumer credit lawyer represented the Defendants sued for breach of contract on an auto purchase agreement. </h2> {¶2} The financial journeys of Debra and Debbie Agosto, and Maria Estrada (collectively, Respondents) share a beginning familiar to many New Mexicans, the purchase of a car.[1] A buyer trades in their old car and signs a six-year fina... More...

$0 (08-20-2024 - NM)

<h1> United States of America v. Caleb Elledge </h1>

<h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. </center><center> Felon Who Shot New Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison</h2></center> </h2></center> A Los Lunas man ... More...

$0 (07-09-2024 - NM)

Jenna Sievers and Joel Sievers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

<h2> Albquerque, New Mexico insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith theory. </h2> On August 16, 2017, Plaintiff Jenna Sievers ("Jennaâ€) was driving her 2011 Chevrolet Camero when it was struck from behind by another vehicle. ECF No. 1-1 ¶ 6. The collision forced Jenna's vehicle off the road and caused damage to the vehicle and injuries to Jenna. Id. �... More...

$0 (07-02-2024 - NM)

Todd Knight v. Travelers Personal Insurance Company

Albuquerque, New Mexico insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. This case was filed in the Second Judicial District Court, D-202-cv-23-04261, and was removed to federal court by Travelers Personal Insurance Company. New Mexico recognizes the tort of bad faith delay or refusal to pay a valid claim by an insured. ... More...

$0 (04-21-2024 - NM)

United States of America v. Brian N. </center<

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the juvenile defendant charged with murder of a non-Indian and assault on an Indian. On December 11, 1987, the government filed a motion to transfer proceedings from juvenile court to the federal district court. In January 1988 the district court held a telephonic hearing before a court reporter with counsel for the government a... More...

$0 (04-02-1990 - NM)

Leighann Marquez v. Robert Baca, et al.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory. This case was filed in the Fourth Judicial District Court and was removed to federal court by the Defendants. Plaintiff challenged removal and sought remand. New Mexico recognizes the tort of bad faith delay or refusal to pay a valid c... More...

$0 (01-12-2024 - NM)

Rachael Guinn v. American Strategic Insurance Corporation

Albuquerque, New Mexico insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. "In New Mexico, bad faith breach of an insurance contract occurs when an insurance company fails to act in good faith when investigating, evaluating, or settling a claim. This can include a variety of actions, such as: Unreasonably delayin... More...

$0 (10-10-2023 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. McArthur Campbell

Albuquerque, New Mexico defendant charged with child sex abuse. On May 2, 2002, police were called to an apartment building in Albuquerque, New Mexico because the manager of the complex reported that one of her tenants claimed that her boyfriend, 40-year-old MacArthur Campbell, had sexually molested her five-year-old son, I.J. The boy was taken to a hospital for an examination, w... More...

$0 (05-13-2002 - NM)

Raymond R. Rodarte v. GEICO General Insurance Company

Albuquerque, New Mexico insurance lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defend on a bad faith breach of contract theory claiming more than $145,000 in damages as a direct result of the denial by Defendant of his claim. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, ... More...

$0 (02-10-2023 - NM)

Stephanie Epstein v. BOKF, N.A.

Albuquerque, New Mexico civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of fiduciary duty theory claiming more than $75,000 as a direct result of Defendant's wrongful banking practices. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New M... More...

$1 (02-10-2023 - NM)

Ronald Howes v. New Mexico Department of Health, et al.

Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on an employment discrimination theory. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/newmexico/news/albuquerque/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Albuquerque</a> </center> </h1> </table> </center> " Dr. Howes is a clinical psychologist... More...

$0 (01-31-2023 - NM)

Conrad Ruybal and Denise Ruybal v. Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Company

Albuquerque, New Mexico insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theories claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff's claim. This case was filed in the Second Judicial District Court, 21cv5605 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. <h2><br... More...

$0 (10-27-2022 - NM)

Maryann Sosa v. Cody Allen Johnson, Texas Industrial Choice, LLC and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company

Las Cruces, New Mexico insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff's claim. This case was filed in the Fifth Judicial District Court, 21cv868, and was removed to federal court by Defendants. <h2> <cente... More...

$1 (11-07-2022 - NM)

Roland Dominquez v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company

Albuquerque, New Mexico insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff's claim. This case was filed in the Second Judicial District Court, 21cv4863, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. <h2> <... More...

$0 (11-21-2022 - NM)

United States of America v. Susan K. Harris and William S. Harris

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes committed in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs. Susan Harris was se... More...

$0 (07-19-2021 - NM)

State of New Mexico v. Jeremiah Jimmy Apodaca

<center><h2> Albuquerque, NM - Criminal defense attorney represented JEREMIAH JIMMY APODACA with a possession of a weapon or explosive device by a prisoner charge. </h2></center> Pursuant to his conditional guilty plea to possession of a weapon or explosive 20 device by a prisoner, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-22-16 (1986), Defendant 21 app... More...

$0 (05-23-2021 - NM)

Valerie Ann Pohl v. Social Security Administration

Albuquerque, New Mexico social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued the Social Security Administration seeking review of the denial of her application for SSID benefits by HHS. 42 U.S.C. Section 405(b) provides: (b) Administrative determination of entitlement to benefits; findings of fact; hearings; investigations; evidentiary hearings in reconsiderations of disa... More...

$0 (03-11-2021 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. LUIS MARTINEZ

<h2> Albuquerque, NM - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Luis Martinez charged with criminal sexual contact of a minor in the third degree (child under 13).</h2> 4 {2} Defendant was charged with multiple counts of CSCM for sexually abusing 5 Victim, who was twelve years old, during two separate incidents on Thanksgiving 6 Day 2014. Vic... More...

$0 (10-15-2020 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. MARIO Z. RAEL

<h2> Taos, NM - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Mario Rael charged with f aggravated battery against a household member (great bodily harm), assault (attempted battery) against a household member and false imprisonment .</h2> 14 {2} Because this is a memorandum opinion and the parties are familiar with the 15 facts and procedural history ... More...

$0 (10-15-2020 - NM)

Roxanne Torres v. Janice Madrid; Richard Williamson

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque%20PVD.jpg"> </center> In this excessive-force case, Roxanne Torres appeals from a district court order that granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm. BACKGROUND Early in th... More...

$0 (05-02-2019 - NM)

United States of America v. Michael Dalton

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/LasCruces_1.jpg"> </center> In 2017, Michael Dalton was convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). Dalton challenges his conviction on several evidentiary grounds. We agree with only one of Dalton’s arguments—that the ... More...

$0 (03-21-2019 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. ERNEST BRYAN BARELA <table> <td>

Defendant was charged with residential burglary, unlawful taking of a motor 8 vehicle, stalking, larceny, and escape or attempt to escape from a peace officer on 9 June 21, 2012. Defendant’s charges stemmed from an event on May 22, 2012, 10 involving Defendant’s ex-girlfriend, E. Ramirez. Defendant and Ms. Ramirez had 11 been involved in a two-year relationship and had a child together in Mar... More...

$0 (08-09-2018 - NM)

Navajo Nation Northern Edge Navajo Casino v. The Honorable Bradford J. Dalley, et al.

The Appellants, the Navajo Nation and its wholly-owned government enterprise the Northern Edge Navajo Casino (together, the “Tribe” or “Nation”), entered into a state-tribal gaming compact with New Mexico under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701–2721. The Tribe agreed not only to waive its sovereign immunity for personal-injury lawsuits bro... More...

$0 (07-24-2018 - NM)

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Albuquerque, NM - Rita Buccheri sued GEICO Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory. Date Filed # Docket Text 02/23/2018 166 NOTICE of Briefing Complete by Rita Buccheri re 133 MOTION for Summary Judgment for Violation of the Unfair Practices Act, Trade Practices and Frauds Act or in the Alternative For Partial Summary Judgment for Insurance Bad Faith filed by Rita... More...

$0 (03-22-2018 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. NOE TORRES <table> <td>

In the early hours of September 15, 2005, nine shots were fired through a 3 bedroom window of an apartment in Clovis, killing ten-year-old Carlos Perez. Carlos 4 had been sleeping in the bedroom he shared with his older brother, the intended 5 victim, seventeen-year-old Ruben Perez. 6 {4} That night there were two distinct groups of actors involved in the shooting: 7 one group... More...

$0 (03-17-2018 - NM)

Walter Stephen Jackson v. Los Lunas Community Program

This civil rights class action lawsuit was filed thirty years ago to challenge various aspects of the institutionalization of developmentally disabled individuals at two state-supported facilities in New Mexico. After a lengthy trial in 1990, the district court ruled that Defendants—the two institutions and the individuals charged with their operation—were violating class membe... More...

$0 (01-23-2018 - NM)

Anderson Living Trust v. Energen Resources Corporation

Fossil fuels are the decomposed remains of pre-historic flora (coal) and fauna (oil and gas). They have driven the world’s economy (particularly that of the United States) for over a century. Discovering marketable deposits, extracting them from the ground, refining them, and delivering them to consumers in useful form is big business, on one hand fraught with risk and on the oth... More...

$0 (01-10-2018 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. GAVINO LUNA <table> <td>

Defendant’s convictions stem from events that occurred the afternoon of May 16 3, 2013, when Defendant was looking after J.C. (Child), a nine-year-old boy, and 17 Child’s twelve-year-old sister because Child’s mother was hospitalized. Defendant 18 lived with Child’s grandmother. According to Child, Defendant showed Child “ugly” 19 movies that showed photographs of women... More...

$0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

WANDA COLLINS, as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF WILLIAM “MACK” VAUGHAN v. ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL, INC <table> <td>

William “Mack” Vaughan presented at the emergency department of Defendant 11 St. Vincent Hospital, Inc. (the Hospital) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August 2002 12 with complaints of abdominal pain. He was seen in the emergency department by Dr. 13 Martin Wilt, who was a subcontractor/partner of Northern New Mexico Emergency 14 Medical Services, and who ordered a CT scan. The scan... More...

$0 (01-09-2018 - NM)

United States of America v. Gabriel Mirabal

This appeal is brought by Mr. Gabriel Mirabal. He is a convicted felon, which prevented him from lawfully possessing a gun. 18 U.S.C. 2 § 922(g)(1). But authorities thought that they had seen Mr. Mirabal put an assault rifle in the trunk of a car. This sighting led authorities to arrange for a local officer to stop Mr. Mirabal for a traffic violation and to search the trun... More...

$0 (11-30-2017 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. DENNIS SAMUEL MIERA <table> <td>

Defendant Dennis Miera met Margarita Burciaga (Margarita) in 2000. The two 18 began dating, and eventually moved in together. When the relationship ended in the 19 spring of 2003, the couple split amicably, and Defendant continued to babysit 2 1 Margarita’s children. In the summer of 2006, Defendant had agreed to watch G.M., 2 Margarita’s eight-year-old daughter. Before the... More...

$0 (11-29-2017 - NM)

Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC v. Seth T. Cohen

Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC, and Fundamental Clinical Consulting, LLC (collectively, “Fundamental”), appeal from a district court order that dismissed their complaint to compel arbitration. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm. 2 BACKGROUND In January 2014, Tessie Hammann was admitted to the Casa Arena Blanca Nursing Center in New ... More...

$0 (10-03-2017 - NM)

Quentin Scott v. City of Albuquerque

A New Mexico statute makes it illegal to “willfully interfere with the educational process” at a public school. N.M. STAT. ANN. § 30-20-13(D). In 2009, an Albuquerque Police Officer assigned to a middle school as a School Resource Officer (“SRO”) relied on that statute to arrest a thirteen-year-old for skipping class. The main question before us is whether qualified immuni... More...

$0 (10-05-2017 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v.n BILL TURNER <table> <td>

Defendant was indicted on 211 counts, including 52 counts of securities fraud, 18 52 counts of prohibited conduct in providing investment advice, 52 counts of fraud,1 52 counts of forgery, two counts of theft of identity, and one count of conspiracy to 2 commit securities fraud. Following Defendant’s plea of not guilty, the State filed a 3 motion to set conditions of release. Af... More...

$0 (04-10-2017 - NM)

STATE OF MONTANA v. BRAD EDWARD DAFFIN <table> <td>

On January 9, 2014, R.S. disclosed to her school counselor that she had been sexually assaulted by Daffin, at the end of the previous summer, while she was 12-13 years old. Later that day, at Emma’s House, a Children’s Advocacy Center in Hamilton, R.S. participated in a forensic interview with Valerie Widmer (Widmer), a licensed clinical social workerwith specialized train... More...

$0 (04-05-2017 - NM)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. BILL TURNER <table> <td>

Defendant was indicted on 211 counts, including 52 counts of securities fraud, 18 52 counts of prohibited conduct in providing investment advice, 52 counts of fraud,1 1 52 counts of forgery, two counts of theft of identity, and one count of conspiracy to 2 commit securities fraud. Following Defendant’s plea of not guilty, the State filed a 3 motion to set conditions of release. ... More...