( June 15, 2023, 9:21 AM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico federal judge denied an auto insurer’s motion to bifurcate an insured’s bad faith claims from a breach of contract claim after determining that bifurcation is not warranted because the bad faith and other extracontractual claims brought under New Mexico law are based on more than an allegation that the insurer failed to pay the insured’s claim in full....