ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL v. SALAZAR

No. 13187.

619 P.2d 823 (1980)

95 N.M. 147

ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL and Eric C. Wolf, Petitioners, and Kenneth HARROLD, M.D., et al., Defendants, v. Janet SALAZAR, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of her Fetus, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Butkus, Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, Daniel Shapiro, Ortego & Snead, Albuquerque, for respondent.

Thomas A. Simons, IV, Sommer, Lawler, Scheuer & Simons, Santa Fe, for Kenneth Harrold, M.D.

W. Robert Lasater, Jr., Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae.


OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

Janet Salazar, respondent herein, filed a malpractice suit on her behalf and on behalf of her stillborn fetus, against St. Vincent Hospital and Eric C. Wolf, a nurse at the hospital, among others. St. Vincent and Wolf are petitioners herein.

Respondent presented the matter to the Medical Review Commission in accordance with the Medical Malpractice Act, Sections 41-5-1 to 41-5-28, N.M.S.A. 1978. The reviewing panel determined...

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