The Top-Ranked Personal Injury Lawyers in Farmington & the Four Corners

In most cases, 3 years from the date of the injury (N.M. Stat. § 37-1-8). Claims against a government agency often have much shorter notice deadlines.

You can recover damages even if you were mostly at fault, but your award is reduced by your share of the blame. (Scott v. Rizzo (1981))

New Mexico is an at-fault (tort) state. The at-fault driver's liability insurance pays for the injuries they cause. You can file a claim with their insurer or sue the driver directly.

Most personal injury lawyers work on contingency: they take a percentage of what you recover and nothing if you lose. Percentages, and whether case costs come out before or after the fee, vary by firm, so compare fee agreements in writing.

By a 100-point score. Half comes from each firm's average position in Google Maps results for "personal injury attorney" and "car accident lawyer" searches in Farmington & the Four Corners; half comes from its Google rating, weighted so that a high rating from many reviews beats a perfect rating from a handful. Firms need at least 25 Google reviews, a 4.0+ rating, and a Google listing as a personal injury attorney. We are checking each ranked firm against the state bar. No firm can pay to change its rank.