Boy arrested after burping in class 
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: New Mexico, school, wrongful arrest
A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque public school principal, a teacher and a city police officer.
Woman receives $9 million in medical malpractice suit
Published: April 20, 2011
Tags: failure to diagnose, heart attack, medical malpractice, New Mexico
A San Miguel County, N.M. jury has awarded a Raton woman $9 million against three doctors after she suffered heart damage when her heart attack was not diagnosed for more than a day.
Medical center hit with $10.3 million verdict in bed sore suit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: February 23, 2011
Tags: bedsores, medical negligence, New Mexico
A Las Vegas, N.M., jury awarded $10.3 million to the estate of a Raton man who sued Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center after he developed bed sores.
Former assistant coach sues over altercation
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 9, 2010
Tags: assault, New Mexico, racial discimination, University of New Mexico
A former assistant football coach has sued the University of New Mexico Board of Regents and coach Mike Locksley over an altercation between the two men last year.
Brewery sued in teens’ drunken driving deaths
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 9, 2010
Tags: alcohol, drunk driving, duty of care, Navajo Nation, New Mexico
The parents of two teenage sisters from the Navajo Nation who were killed by an alleged drunk driver in March are suing a brewery for allowing the suspect to drink there.
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