VACA v. WHITAKER

No. 1182.

519 P.2d 315 (1974)

86 N.M. 79

Alicia VACA and Hector Vaca, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. L.H. WHITAKER, M.D., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

February 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne A. Jordan, Shipley, Durrett, Conway & Sandenaw, Alamogordo, Sherman & Sherman, Deming, for defendant-appellant.

Joe H. Galvan, Edward E. Triviz, Las Cruces, for plaintiffs-appellees.


OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

The issues are: (1) jurisdiction to consider an interlocutory appeal; (2) collateral estoppel; (3) effect of a satisfied judgment; and (4) propriety of summary judgment.

Plaintiffs are wife and husband. The complaint and answer establish that plaintiffs' vehicle was struck by a car driven by Gandara; that the wife suffered injury to her person in the accident; that she was examined by defendant and was under his professional...

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