New Mexico Personal Injury Attorney
More than 30 Years of Experience
If you receive money from a personal injury settlement, the short answer is this: a lot of it may not be taxable, but some parts can be. The tax treatment depends on what the settlement is actually paying for. Money tied to physical injuries is often excluded from taxable income, while amounts for things like [...]
Psychiatric malpractice is real, and when it happens, the harm can be deep, long-lasting, and hard to explain to people who have never lived through it. The basic truth is simple: mental health care can save lives, but it can also go badly wrong when professionals ignore standards of care, misuse power, rush diagnoses, overmedicate, [...]
Losing someone because of another person’s carelessness or misconduct is devastating. A wrongful death claim is a legal case that allows certain surviving family members or representatives to seek compensation when a death should not have happened. In simple terms, it is a way for the law to recognize both the financial and personal [...]
Getting hit by an uninsured driver can leave you paying for injuries, car repairs, lost wages, and legal headaches even when the crash was not your fault. If you only carry the minimum insurance required in your state, you may not be fully protected. The real question is not just whether uninsured drivers are a [...]
Figuring out which health insurance pays first can feel more confusing than it should be. The short answer is this: primary insurance pays first on a claim, and secondary insurance may help cover some or all of the remaining eligible costs after the primary plan has processed it. That sounds simple, but in real life [...]
Underdiagnosed health conditions cost far more than most healthcare systems account for. When an illness is missed, delayed, or misread, the result is not just worse health for the patient. It also means more emergency visits, more specialist referrals, more repeat testing, more advanced disease, more time away from work, and more pressure on already [...]
If you want to know what your car is really worth, a car appraisal is the place to start. It gives you a realistic value based on the car’s condition, age, mileage, history, and current market demand. That matters whether you plan to sell, trade it in, insure it, refinance it, settle an estate, or [...]
If you drive in New Mexico, uninsured motorist coverage is one of the smartest parts of an auto policy to keep. It helps pay for your injuries, and in many cases other losses, when the driver who hits you has no insurance or not enough insurance to cover the damage. Even though liability insurance is [...]
Preventing rig accidents comes down to a few basics done well, every single day: workers need proper training, equipment has to be maintained and checked, safety procedures must be followed without shortcuts, and teams need to communicate clearly. On top of that, PPE, hazard awareness, and emergency preparedness all play a direct role in keeping [...]
A hit and run accident can leave you with two problems at once: damage to your car and no driver to hold responsible. The good news is that insurance may still cover the loss, but only if the right coverage is in place and you handle the claim properly from the start. In most cases, [...]