City of Artesia Truck Accident Attorneys — Attorney911, The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC Brings 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Experience to the US-285 Death Highway and the Permian Basin, We Litigate Crude Tankers, Produced-Water Haulers and 80,000-Pound Rigs Under the § 395.1(d) Oilfield Hours Exception, Lupe Peña Former Insurance-Defense Attorney Fights Great West Casualty and Old Republic, We Extract Samsara and Motive ELD Data Before the 30-Day Overwrite, New Mexico Juries Can Value the Life Itself Under Romero v. Byers and Pure Comparative Negligence Means Partial Fault Never Ends Your Case, TBI ($5M+) and Amputation ($3.8M+) Results, Free Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911
New Mexico Oilfield Truck Accidents: The Truth About Your Rights After a Crash in Artesia, Eddy County, and the Permian Basin You were driving home from a long shift in the Permian Basin when the water hauler crossed the center line on US-285—the stretch locals call the Death Highway—and hit your truck head-on. Now you’re in a hospital bed in Lubbock, 200 miles from Artesia, with a broken back, a stack of medical bills, and a company man telling you workers’ comp is your only option. It’s not. New Mexico law gives you two lanes after an oilfield truck crash: the workers’ comp lane (a capped check, no fault required) and the tort lane—a lawsuit against the operator, the hauling company, or even your own employer if their choices were willful. The difference? Millions of dollars in lost wages, pain, and the value of your life itself. We’re Attorney911—The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC, and we’ve spent 27 years fighting for families like yours in New Mexico courtrooms. Ralph Manginello, our founder, was a journalist before he was a trial lawyer—a storyteller who knows how to expose the truth. Lupe Peña, our associate, spent years inside a national insurance defense firm,…