Romero v. Pueblo of Sandia/Sandia Casino

OPINION

FRY, J.

{1} This case requires us to clarify the circumstances under which a plaintiff is entitled to join a defendant’s liability insurer as a party to a lawsuit. Plaintiffs Evangeline Trujillo Romero and Jeff Romero appeal the dismissal of Defendant Cigna Property and Casualty (Cigna) from their personal injury action against the Pueblo of Sandia and Sandia Casino (the Casino). Plaintiffs argue that under the three-part test reiterated in Raskob v. Sanchez, 1998-NMSC-045, ¶ 3,126 N.M. 394, 970 P.2d 580, they are entitled to join Cigna, the liability insurer for the Casino. For the…