June 7, 2019 | Santa Fe New Mexican Kristina Martinez filed a lawsuit on behalf of her clients, Adrianna and Manuel Chavez, against the city of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Police Department and a cuffed shoplifting suspect. The suit filed in District Court states Ryan Martinez escaped from an interview room inside the Santa Fe Police Department when he was…
January 23, 2019 Santa Fe New Mexican Ultra Health, New Mexico’s largest producer of medical marijuana, is suing the Taxation and Revenue Department for 1.54 million in collected gross receipts tax plus attorneys fees. In the lawsuit, Ultra Health is seeking medical cannabis to be treated as medicine which is exempt from gross receipt tax. “Affordability is an issue for…
January 15, 2019 Albuquerque Journal Attorney Kate Ferlic’s sex abuse lawsuit against CYFD and Familyworks finds foster parent Clarence Garcia indicted on 13 felony charges including multiple counts of rape and criminal sexual contact with a minor. Despite almost two decades of sexual abuse and misconduct claims against Garcia, CYFD and Familyworks continued to place minors spanning in ages from…
December 17, 2018 Santa Fe New Mexican Attorney Brian Egolf filed a lawsuit against New Mexico Health Department on behalf of Ultra Health, the state’s largest producer and retailer of medical cannabis. The lawsuit questions the validity of the Health Department’s Medical Cannabis Program having the authority to license manufacturers of medical marijuana. New Mexico’s medical marijuana laws require cannabis…
October 25, 2018 | Los Alamos Daily Post Carol A. Clark District Court Judge Stephen T. Pacheco has ruled in favor of Los Alamos County Councilor Susan O’Leary in the suit brought forth by former Los Alamos resident Patrick Brenner and his mother Lisa Brenner seeking release of O’Leary’s private emails sent and received May 15, 2017. Attorney Kate Ferlic of…
October 19, 2018 | Albuquerque Journal Brian Egolf is representing Susan Popovich’s estate in a wrongful death lawsuit against Monarch Stone Company, truck driver Rudy Maestas and his company DRM Trucking. Popovich was tragically killed in an automobile accident in August 2017 when Maestes ran a red light on 285 near Eldorado and crashed his semi into Popovich’s silver Mazda….
October 18, 2018 | Albuquerque Journal Kate Ferlic has filed a lawsuit against CYFD and Familyworks on behalf of a teenage girl who claims she was raped daily by her foster father for over a year and half between August 2015 – November 2016. The man accused of rape, Clarence Garcia, has a 20 year history of being accused of sexual…
August 31, 2018 Albuquerque Journal Represented by Kate Ferlic, Gail Stoecker has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Miners’ Colfax Medical Center and the board of trustees of the Miners’ Hospital of New Mexico. According to the Albuquerque Journal the lawsuit states, “both parties of violating the New Mexico Human Rights Act and also of negligence.” “Gail is a very brave…
August 11, 2018 | Albuquerque Journal Kate Ferlic is representing 295 Navajo Nation ranchers and farmers suing the Environmental Protective Agency over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill that released over 3 million gallons of toxic waste water and 352 tons of heavy metals into the Animas and San Juan Rivers. The Navajo Nation members were severely economically impacted due…
May 10, 2018 Albuquerque Journal Kate Ferlic filed a whistleblower lawsuit on behalf of former Albuquerque Public Schools employee Antonio Montano. During his employment as a groundskeeper he was instructed multiple times to illegally dump chemicals into a drainage ditch near The Pit, University of New Mexico’s sports arena. When Montano refused to depose of hazardous chemicals into the ditch,…
