Mealey's (September 29, 2020, 8:36 AM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico federal magistrate judge on Sept. 25 denied an auto insurer's motion to bifurcate an insured's breach of contract claim from her bad faith claims because bifurcation is not mandated by New Mexico case law and discovery and the evidence related to the two claims overlap (Casandra Sena-Baker v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co., No. 20-492, D. N.M., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176629)....