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HALL v. REGENTS OF UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO

No. 16941.

740 P.2d 1151 (1987)

106 N.M. 167

R.J. HALL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Barry Hall, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Chavez, Asst. University Counsel, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.

Bruce P. Moore, Duhigg, Cronin & Spring, David L. Duhigg, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

SCARBOROUGH, Chief Justice.

The trial court entered a declaratory judgment declaring that appellants were not entitled to assert a hospital lien against damages recovered by appellee in a wrongful death action. We reverse.

Appellants operate a public hospital (hospital). The hospital provided necessary services to Barry Hall from July 2, 1984 through July 4, 1984. The reasonable, usual, and necessary charges for the hospital's services rendered...

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