Recent New Mexico News
Doctors warn malpractice changes could drive providers out of New Mexico
SOURCE: KOB 4 Barely a year after lawmakers slapped an emergency bandage on New Mexico’s revamped Medical Malpractice Act, doctors are again warning about a dire – if unintended – consequence. At the start of 2024, the cap for awards in malpractice lawsuits against...
September 2022 Newsletter
Venue shopping sprees to return to Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a rule in place for two decades that maintained liability lawsuits should be filed in the jurisdiction where the alleged negligence occurred, inviting personal injury lawyers...
New Mexico’s self-inflicted doctor shortage
SOURCE: KWRG There is a life-or-death issue facing New Mexicans. It has been widely reported on in the media and is important to New Mexicans from all walks of life. Voters will have a lot to say about it this November. The issue is our shortage of medical...
Current Medical Liability Laws
| Damage Caps | $600,000 cap on total damages, excluding punitive damages and past and future medical care. Health care providers personal liability shall not exceed $200,000, including payments for future medical expenses. Any award in excess of this amount shall be paid by the patient compensation fund. (1992) |
| Joint Liability Reform | Yes. Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence except in cases where defendant intended to inflict injury, strict liability, vicarious liability or situations “having a sound basis in public policy.” |
| Collateral Source Reform | No |
| Attorney Fees Limited | No |
| Periodic Payments Permitted | Yes. Future medical expenses are paid as they are incurred by claimant. |