Rule 10-144. Harmless error; failure to comply with time limits.

Error or defect in any ruling, order, act or omission by the court or by any of the parties including failure to comply with time limits is not grounds for granting a new hearing or for setting aside a verdict, for vacating, modifying or otherwise disturbing a judgment or order, or for dismissing an action, unless refusal to take any such action appears to the court inconsistent with substantial justice or unless these rules expressly provide otherwise. [Rule 10-117 NMRA, recompiled as Rule 10-144 NMRA by Supreme Court Order No. 08-8300-042, effective January 15, 2009.]