Martinez Ex Rel. Stransky v. Reid

OPINION

MINZNER, Justice.

{1} Defendants Marianne Matheny Reid and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeal from an interlocutory order, properly certified for immediate review, see NMSA 1978, § 39-3^t(A) (1999), in which the trial court withdrew an earlier order bifurcating a negligence trial arising from an automobile accident. The Court of Appeals, after accepting certification of the petition for interlocutory review pursuant to Rule 12-203 NMRA 2002, certified the matter to this Court pursuant to Rule 12-606 NMRA 2002. We accepted certification and now reverse the trial court.…