LOVELACE MEDICAL CENTER v. MENDEZ

No. 18766.

805 P.2d 603 (1991)

111 N.M. 336

LOVELACE MEDICAL CENTER, Petitioner, v. Jacob MENDEZ and Maria Mendez, Individually and as parents of Joseph Mendez, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, W. Robert Lasater, Jr., Ellen G. Thorne, Albuquerque, for petitioner.

Stephen G. Durkovich, Albuquerque, for respondents.

Miller, Stratvert, Torgerson & Schlenker, Alice Tomlinson Lorenz, Albuquerque, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Medical Soc.


OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider the following two questions of substantial public interest:1 (1) Did the court of appeals have jurisdiction to entertain petitioner's application for interlocutory appeal, even though the application was granted more than twenty days after it was filed? (2) On the merits, may the parents of a normal, healthy baby conceived as a result of a negligently performed, unsuccessful...

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