LOPEZ v. SOUTHWEST COM. HEALTH SERV.

No. 11543.

833 P.2d 1183 (1992)

114 N.M. 2

Rudy LOPEZ and Dorothy Lopez as the natural parents and as the next friends of their son, Adam Lopez, an infant and incapacitated person Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, d/b/a Presbyterian Hospital, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied May 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis S. Marjon, Law Offices of Louis Marjon, Albuquerque, Gerald E. Agnew, Agnew & Brusavich, Torrance, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Kenneth L. Harrigan, J. Douglas Foster, Geoffrey D. Rieder, Tim L. Fields, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

This case involves a medical malpractice claim resulting from the premature birth of Adam Lopez, born May 27, 1982, after only twenty-eight weeks of gestation.1 Because of his premature birth, Adam suffers severe physical and mental disabilities. Adam's parents, Rudy and Dorothy Lopez, brought this action, in their representative capacity, against the physician who delivered Adam and Southwest Community...

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