Category Archives: New Mexico Supreme Court

Have lunch with Justice Nakamura

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on February 29, 2016

This Friday, March 4, at noon, the Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar will host Justice Judith K. Nakamura for a brown-bag lunch at the State Bar Center in Albuquerque. These regular lunches present good opportunities to meet our … Continue reading →

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NM Supreme Court: Traditional indemnity unavailable in comparative fault cases

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on February 18, 2016

Today the New Mexico Supreme Court issued a decision in Safeway, Inc. v. Rooter 2000 Plumbing and Drain SSS, holding that traditional indemnification is not available when a jury has imposed liability on an actively-liable tortfeasor under comparative fault principles. … Continue reading →

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NM Supreme Court stays decision extending workers’ comp to farm and ranch workers

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on February 18, 2016

The New Mexico Supreme Court has entered an order staying the Court of Appeals’ decision in Rodriguez v. Brand West Dairy, which struck down as unconstitutional a statute excluding farm and ranch employees from the workers’ compensation system. The stay will … Continue reading →

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NM Supreme Court censures judge for ex parte communication

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on February 17, 2016

According to this story by Mark Oswald in the Albuquerque Journal, the New Mexico Supreme Court has censured District Judge Sarah Singleton of Santa Fe for an ex parte communication she had with one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers in the FedEx … Continue reading →

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“Editorial: Subjecting out-of-state M.D.s to NM law risky”

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on January 20, 2016

Yesterday the Albuquerque Journal ran this editorial about Montaño v. Frezza, which is pending in the New Mexico Supreme Court. The case involves a New Mexico plaintiff who allegedly suffered malpractice at the hands of a physician in Texas who worked … Continue reading →

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“NM vs. Texas — Whose law wins?”

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on January 11, 2016

Scott Sandlin has this article in today’s Albuquerque Journal about the Montaño v. Frezza case pending before the New Mexico Supreme Court. I’ve previously written about this case here. The plaintiff is a New Mexico resident who underwent gastric bypass surgery at … Continue reading →

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NM Supreme Court denies Belen’s hospital appeal

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on January 4, 2016

Deborah Fox has this story in the Valencia County News-Bulletin, reporting that the New Mexico Supreme Court has denied the City of Belen’s request to review a recent Court of Appeals decision, which held that the Village of Los Lunas has standing to challenge … Continue reading →

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Justice Nakamura’s swearing-in ceremony

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on December 15, 2015

On Friday afternoon I had the pleasure of attending the swearing-in ceremony for Justice Judith Nakamura at the Balloon Fiesta grounds in Albuquerque. That location was chosen because Justice Nakamura is a licensed hot-air balloon pilot. Here are some photos … Continue reading →

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GOP legislators ask NM Supreme Court to reconsider strict criminal case deadlines

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on December 2, 2015

Deborah Baker of the Albuquerque Journal has this story about a letter that 16 Republican state legislators sent to the New Mexico Supreme Court, asking it to relax strict deadlines it imposed on the prosecution of criminal cases in Bernalillo … Continue reading →

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Court rejects challenge to Justice Nakamura’s appointment to NM Supreme Court

by Emil J. Kiehne Posted on December 2, 2015

According to this story by Phaedra Haywood in the Santa Fe New Mexican, state district court judge David Thomson dismissed disbarred lawyer Stuart Stein’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Justice Nakamura’s appointment to the New Mexico Supreme Court. Mr. Stein’s … Continue reading →

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