Mealey's (January 31, 2020, 5:45 PM EST) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico federal magistrate judge on Jan. 27 denied an auto insurer’s motion to bifurcate and stay discovery of an insured’s extracontractual claims after determining that bifurcation is not warranted because discovery related to the coverage issue and the extracontractual claims overlaps and because bifurcation is not judicially efficient (Lupe Anaya v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 19-355, D. N.M., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12852)....