Toscano v. Lovato

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} In this case, we are asked to consider the implications, on the issue of venue, of Raskob v. Sanchez, 1998-NMSC-045, 126 N.M. 394, 970 P.2d 580, which held that a plaintiff may join a defendant’s insurer in an action arising out of an automobile accident. After Plaintiff and Defendant Lovato, both residents of Bernalillo County, were involved in an automobile accident within that county, Plaintiff brought suit against Lovato and, pursuant to Raskob, Lovato’s insurer, Dairy-land Insurance Co. Plaintiff filed her action in Santa Fe County. Defendants moved to dismiss,…