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Timestamp: 2017-04-27 10:56:00
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 41', '§ 41', '§ 41', '§ 38', '§ 38', '§ 39', '§ 57', '§ 38', '§ 38']

New Mexico State Tort Law Profile
Joint liability has been abolished except in strict liability cases, cases involving intentional injury or damage, cases involving vicarious liability, or “situations not covered by any of the foregoing and having a sound basis in public policy.” N.M. Stat. Ann. § 41-3A-1.
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 41-3A-1(B). Market Share Liability
Subsumed into comparative negligence. Yount v. Johnson, 915 P.2d 341 (N.M. Ct. App. 1996) (citing Williamson v. Smith, 491 P.2d 1147, 1152 (N.M. 1971)).
A manufacturer is not liable for injuries caused by a misuse of the product that was not reasonably foreseeable. Van de Valde v. Volvo of Am. Corp., 744 P.2d 930 (N.M. Ct. App. 1987).
Compliance with industry customs, standards, codes, or rules, or governmental rules, standards, or codes is evidence of the acceptability of the risk of harm in products liability cases and ordinary care in negligence cases, but it is not conclusive. Brooks v. Breech Aircraft Corp., 902 P.2d 54 (N.M. 1995).
N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 41-5-6, 41-5-7. Is there a statutory limit on non-economic damages?
Punitive Damages Is there a statutory limit?
"Transitory actions" must be brought in the county: (1) where either the plaintiff or defendant, or any one of them in case there is more than one of either, resides; (2) in the county where the contract sued on was made or is to be performed or where the cause of action originated or indebtedness sued on was incurred; or (3) in any county in which the defendant or either of them may be found in the judicial district where the defendant resides. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 38-3-1(A). Irrespective of the above, suits may be brought against transient persons or non-residents in any county of the state, except that suits against foreign corporations admitted to do business and which designate and maintain a statutory agent in this state upon whom service of process may only be brought in the county where the plaintiff, or any one of them in case there is more than one, resides or in the county where the contract sued on was made or is to be performed or where the cause of action originated or indebtedness sued on was incurred or in the county where the statutory agent designated by the foreign corporation resides. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 38-3-1(F).
The required appeal bond is double the amount of the judgment. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 39-3-22.
New Mexico adopted Daubert in State v. Alberico, 861 P.2d 192, 203 (N.M. 1993). In determining whether scientific evidence is reliable, New Mexico examines the evidence in light of the four Daubert factors and adds one other factor: “whether the scientific technique is based upon well-recognized scientific principle and whether it is capable of supporting opinions based upon reasonable probability rather than conjecture.” The admission of expert testimony or other scientific evidence is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent a showing of abuse of discretion. The New Mexico Supreme Court has determined that the Daubert standard is not limited to scientific knowledge that is novel. State v. Torres, 976 P.2d 20 (N.M. 1999).
A showing of detrimental reliance is not required, and a plaintiff need only show that the defendant's conduct "tends to deceive." Smoot v. Physicians Life Ins. Co., 87 P.3d 545, 550 (N.M. Ct. App. 2003).
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 57-12-4. Jury Service
Jurors have the right to one automatic postponement with a simple and convenient method of rescheduling jury service to a more convenient time within 6 months. N.M. Stat. Ann. § 38-5-10.1.
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 38-5-18. Is there a limit on the frequency of jury service?