Articles Posted in Insurance Bad Faith

New Mexico Personal Injury Plaintiff Successfully Opposes Insurance Company’s Bifurcation Motion
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

In a recent opinion the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico denied an insurance company’s motion to bifurcate claims and stay discovery. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(b), federal courts have the authority to take actions including ordering separate trials over multiple claims. The courts enjoy broad discretion with respect to…

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New Mexico Federal Trial Court Rejects Insurance Company’s Attempt to Deny Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

An accident in New Mexico recently resulted in litigation concerning coverage under an automobile insurance policy. The facts, as alleged by the parties, are simple and tragic. Allegedly a woman went to her neighbor’s house to respond to an alarm that had gone off at the house. Sandoval County Sheriff’s Deputies went to the neighbor’s…

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New Mexico Federal Court Stays Insurance Coverage Dispute in Personal Injury Case to Facilitate Resolution by New Mexico State Court
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

As part of a recent New Mexico personal injury case, insured property owners sought from their insurance company a defense under a landlord protection policy. The property owners’ need for a defense arose after an alleged carbon monoxide leak in a property that they had rented out to a husband and wife seriously injured the…

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Insurance Company Not Allowed to Intervene in New Mexico Personal Injury Suit
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

Recently, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico handed down a ruling denying an insurance company’s motion to intervene. The insurance company allegedly had paid the plaintiff workers’ compensation benefits under California law, and asserted that it should be allowed to intervene to assert a subrogation right to recover sums it…

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Federal Trial Court Rules that New Mexico Lawsuit Seeking Recovery From Insurance Company is to Proceed in State Court
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

Recently the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico was presented with a dispute concerning whether an insurance coverage case presented to it for adjudication should be sent back to the state court in which the plaintiff had first filed the case. The federal court trial court presented with this dispute ruled in…

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Insurer Not Required to Defend Homeowners in Personal Injury Lawsuit Following Dog Bite
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

A New Mexico federal court recently ruled that a homeowner’s insurance policy did not cover a dog bite occurring outside of the homeowner’s premises. A woman was injured after she took two dogs out for a walk on a leash. She and the leashed dogs were allegedly attacked outside of their home in Albuquerque by…

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Loss of Consortium Claim Treated as Bodily Injury Under New Mexico Automobile Insurance Policy
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico recently ruled against an insurance company, and in favor of the wife of a man who was killed when the motorcycle he was driving was hit by a car. The motorcyclist sustained fatal physical injuries while driving down San Mateo Blvd NE in Albuquerque,…

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Court Upholds Automobile Insurer’s Denial of Coverage for Theft of Truck under New Mexico Law
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

A person whose truck was stolen sought compensation in New Mexico state court from his automobile insurer on the basis that the theft constituted property damage under the uninsured motorist provisions of the parties’ contract. The insurance company removed the lawsuit to federal court and filed a motion to dismiss, which the court granted. In…

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Insurance Company Seeks Protective Order in New Mexico Lawsuit for Bad Faith Denial of Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

Though parties to personal injury litigation in American federal courts have broad discovery rights, certain materials are protected in the discovery process including those that are subject to the attorney-client and work product privileges. In a recent case, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico granted in part a motion for…

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New Mexico Federal District Court Denies Insurance Company’s Motion to Bifurcate Trials and Stay Discovery of Claims Following Car Accident
Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C.

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico handed down a decision on January 3, 2019 in favor of a plaintiff who was seeking a recovery from her insurance company following a New Mexico car accident resulting in the plaintiff allegedly suffering personal injuries. The insurance company had argued that the plaintiff needed…

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