Premises Liability Laws in New Mexico.

New Mexico Supreme Court abolished the traditional licensee/invitee/trespasser distinction. Landowners owe all non-trespassers a duty of reasonable care under the circumstances.

Trespassers are still owed a more limited duty — generally to avoid willful or wanton conduct. Attractive-nuisance doctrine applies to trespassing children.

Landowners who permit free recreational use of their land owe no duty to keep the premises safe and are not liable absent willful or malicious failure to warn.

New Mexico does not have a strict-liability dog-bite statute. Plaintiffs must prove the owner knew or should have known of the dog's dangerous propensities, or prove negligence.