( June 16, 2026, 7:57 AM EDT) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — Resolving an interlocutory question that it said presented an issue of first impression, the New Mexico Supreme Court held in part that appointment of a personal representative (PR) under New Mexico’s Wrongful Death Act (WDA) “does not involve a grant of subpoena power to a PR appointed independent of filing an actual wrongful death claim.”...