SUGARMAN v. CITY OF LAS CRUCES

No. 4356.

625 P.2d 1223 (1980)

95 N.M. 706

Helen SUGARMAN, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Frank Sugarman, Deceased, Appellant, v. The CITY OF LAS CRUCES and Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and Memorial General Hospital, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

July 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen B. Neumeyer, William L. Lutz, James T. Martin, Jr., Martin, Lutz & Cresswell, P.A., Las Cruces, for appellant.

John E. Conway and Wayne A. Jordon, Durrett, Conway & Jordon, P.C., Alamogordo, for appellees.


OPINION

WALTERS, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals a summary judgment granted to defendant hospital following her suit against the city, the county, and the hospital under the Tort Claims Act (§§ 41-4-1 through 41-4-25, N.M.S.A. 1978). Earlier summary judgment entered in favor of the city and county are not challenged on this appeal.

These are the underlying facts:

An emergency room doctor at General Hospital misread an electrocardiogram...

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