New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity

Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by wayoutthere on Thursday April 08, 2021 @08:21AM (#26737812)

I have an outstanding judgment for over $100k against a home builder that my lawyer told me I have about a 1% chance of ever collecting on. This isn’t even a situation where I can file a lien; the company is out of business because of their shoddy business practices and the former owners are broke.

Meanwhile I had to pay my lawyer. I would have been better off doing nothing, and in hindsight I would not pursue the case.

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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by willcipriano on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:25AM (#26739966)

This is a fairly common pattern among home builders. Start John's Construction, make some money, live the high life for a few years, homes start to show signs of issues, go bankrupt, then start Jon's Construction and begin the process over again.

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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by wayoutthere on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:21PM (#26740667)

That’s why I just went ahead and fixed the issues my house had — I assumed any other new home would have similar issues, and I couldn’t sell the place without remediating them anyway. I had expected to recoup at least some of the cost though.

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