Maes v. Audubon Indemnity Insurance Group

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} Cora Maes (“Maes”) sued her property insurer, Audubon Indemnity Insurance Group (“Audubon”), after it originally denied her insurance claim for destroyed property. Audubon asserted immunity from suit on the basis that Maes obtained her insurance with Audubon through the New Mexico Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan Act (“FAIR Plan Act” or “the Act”), NMSA 1978, §§ 59A-29-1 to -9 (1985, as amended through 1999), which provides statutory immunity from suit for certain parties with respect to certain actions taken pursuant to the FAIR Plan Act. Section 59A-29-7…