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CHAVEZ v. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF N.M.

No. 15959.

711 P.2d 883 (1985)

103 N.M. 606

Antonio and Cipriana CHAVEZ, the parents and surviving heirs and representatives of Sandra Diane Chavez, an unmarried minor, deceased, Petitioners, v. REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, as trustees of the University of New Mexico Hospital, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Ferguson, Albuquerque, for petitioners.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, W. Robert Lasater, Jr., Ellen C. Thorne, Albuquerque, for respondents.

OPINION

FEDERICI, Chief Justice.

Antonio and Cipriana Chavez (plaintiffs) brought suit under the Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-4-1 to -27 (Repl. Pamp. 1982 and Cum.Supp. 1985) against the Regents of the University of New Mexico (defendants), as trustees of the University of New Mexico Hospital, alleging medical malpractice and the wrongful death of their seventeen year old daughter. After nearly two years of pre-trial discovery and motions on the...

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