1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.2d
  4. 721 P.2d
  5. 721 P.2d 1306 (1986)
 

SMIALEK v. BEGAY

No. 16243.

721 P.2d 1306 (1986)

104 N.M. 375

Dr. John SMIALEK, State Medical Investigator, Petitioner, v. Ruth Y. BEGAY, Minnie Conn, Harry K. Harrison, Rex Harrison and David Yazzie, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Butkus, Paul L. Civerolo, Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, P.A., Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Earl Mettler, Shiprock, for respondents.

OPINION

WALTERS, Justice.

The only issue raised in the petition for certiorari is the standing of decedent's siblings, respondents, to join their mother, Hanagoni Bitsie, in a suit for damages resulting from an alleged wrongful autopsy of the decedent. The surrounding facts are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the court of appeals. The trial court dismissed the claims of the brothers and sisters; the court of appeals reversed and reinstated them,...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases