ROMERO v. N.M. HEALTH AND ENV. DEPT.

No. 17527.

760 P.2d 1282 (1988)

107 N.M. 516

Arlene ROMERO, as Mother and Next Friend of Gilbert Troy Romero, a Minor, Petitioner, v. NEW MEXICO HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT, and Health and Social Services Department, both formerly New Mexico Health and Social Services Department, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carpenter & Goldberg, P.A., Daymon B. Ely, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Jerry Dickinson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondents.


OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the dismissal of Arlene Romero's tort action against the former New Mexico Health and Social Services Department, which was reorganized into the separate New Mexico Health and Environment Department (HED) and Human Services Department. The appropriate successor is HED. The district court ruled that Romero's claim against HED was barred by the statute of limitations, by the Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978...

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