New Mexico court rules against state in National Guard case

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that the state can be sued under a law protecting military personnel in their civilian employment and reinstated a National Guard soldier’s award of $36,000.
Phillip G. Ramirez Jr. sued the state over his 2008 firing from the Department of Children, Youth and Families after he returned from a National Guard deployment.
A jury ruled that Ramirez’s military service was a reason for actions that the state agency took aga