{"id":4526,"date":"2026-11-03T01:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elgringolaw.com\/resources\/catastrophic-injuries-new-mexico\/amputation-injury-lawyer-albuquerque\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:51:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:51:45","slug":"amputation-injury-lawyer-albuquerque","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elgringolaw.com\/resources\/catastrophic-injuries-new-mexico\/amputation-injury-lawyer-albuquerque\/","title":{"rendered":"Amputation Injury Lawyer Albuquerque | El Gringo Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amputation Injury Claims \u00b7 Bernalillo County and Central New Mexico<\/p>

Losing a Limb Changes Everything. We Can Help You Understand Your Options.<\/h1>

El Gringo Law represents people in New Mexico whose amputations followed a car crash, a trucking collision, or another injury. Your first consultation is free, confidential, and carries no obligation to continue.<\/p>

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By Josh Wood \u00b7 Published November 2, 2026<\/p>\n\n

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Representing Amputation Injury Clients in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County<\/h2>\n

El Gringo Law represents amputation injury clients in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. The firm also takes matters from Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, Las Cruces, Taos and Farmington.<\/p>\n

Losing a limb changes work, home life and money, often within days. A crash can cost a leg, an arm or a hand in seconds. Recovery then means surgery, hospital stays, rehabilitation and, for many people, a prosthetic device that may need replacing over time.<\/p>\n

If you’re reading this after a limb loss, you may be facing choices you didn’t plan for. This page explains what a claim involves so you can decide what makes sense for you.<\/p>\n

Josh Wood is the responsible lawyer for this page. He is licensed in New Mexico and Arizona. You can reach the firm at elgringolaw.com.<\/p>\n

Your first consultation is free, confidential, and comes with no obligation to continue.<\/p>\n\n

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If a crash or fall cost you a limb, you may have a claim worth reviewing, and you don't have to sort out medical care and lost work alone. Contact El Gringo Law to talk it through. Talk it through with our team — the first consultation is free, confidential, and carries no obligation.<\/p>

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What an Amputation Injury Claim Involves<\/h2>\n

An amputation injury claim is a personal injury claim against the person or business whose negligence caused the accident that led to the limb loss. Some amputations happen at the scene. Others happen later, when surgeons must remove a limb after a severe injury. Both can lead to a claim.<\/p>\n

The accidents that most often lead to these claims include car and motorcycle crashes, trucking collisions, falls caused by unsafe property, and injuries from negligent security. Severe injuries like these can also fall within the firm’s catastrophic injuries work.<\/p>\n

Generally, a negligence claim requires the existence of a duty from a defendant to a plaintiff, breach of that duty, which is typically based upon a standard of reasonable care, and the breach being a proximate cause and cause in fact of the plaintiffs damages, as set out in Herrera v. Quality Pontiac<\/a>. The defendant owed a duty, breached that duty, and the breach was a proximate cause of the harm. Herrera v. Quality Pontiac<\/a> addresses the elements of a negligence claim. In plain words, the other side had to owe you a duty of care, and its carelessness had to cause the harm.<\/p>\n

For medical context, the Amputee Coalition’s limb loss statistics<\/a> cover the causes of traumatic limb loss and the lifelong needs of people with amputations.<\/p>\n

Who may be responsible depends on the facts of the accident. At the first review, the firm looks at police and crash reports, scene evidence and medical records.<\/p>\n

Damages an Amputation Claim May Cover<\/h2>\n

Each category needs records to support it.<\/p>\n