New Mexico Exclusive Remedy Eroding

At a legislative briefing recently sponsored by the New Mexico chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business the cost and availability of workers' compensation was expressed as a top concern of small business owners. According to testimony, workers' comp premiums are rising and some coverage providers are leaving the state because of erosion of the exclusive remedy doctrine, with critical cases moving from the workers' comp system into the courts. New Mexico went through its share of ...