GALLEGOS v. SOUTHWEST COM. HEALTH SERVICES

No. 13919.

872 P.2d 899 (1994)

117 N.M. 481

Laura Candice GALLEGOS, a minor, By and Through her parents and legal guardians, Aurora GALLEGOS and Eugene Gallegos, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES, d/b/a Presbyterian Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant, and C. Colbert Bollinger, M.D., OB-GYN Associates, Ltd., Samuel Smith, M.D., Crosby Eaton, M.D., Frederick Cohn, M.D., Milton Godinez, M.D., Kusum Prabhakar, M.D., and Anesthesia Medical Consultants, f/k/a Albuquerque Anesthesia Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied April 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon J. Schlesinger, Fort Lauderdale, FL and Daniel Shapiro, Shapiro & Bettinger, Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee.

W. Robert Lasater, Jr. and Ellen G. Thorne, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Albuquerque, for Southwest Community Health Services.

Alice Tomlinson Lorenz, Ranne B. Miller, and Gregory W. Chase, Miller, Stratvert, Torgerson & Schlenker, P.A., Albuquerque, for Dr. Bollinger and OB-GYN Associates, Ltd.

Richard L. Puglisi and Lorri Krehbiel, Madison, Harbour, Mroz & Puglisi, P.A., Albuquerque, for Drs. Smith, Eaton, Cohn, and Godinez.

Ronald W. Henkel, Henkel, Sloan & Gay, P.C., Albuquerque, for Dr. Prabhakar and Anesthesia Medical Consultants.


OPINION

APODACA, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Defendants after a jury trial of Plaintiff's medical malpractice suit. In the direct appeal, Plaintiff argues that the trial court: (1) abused its discretion in granting twenty peremptory challenges to all Defendants; (2) erred in denying Plaintiff additional peremptory challenges, and that SCRA 1986, 1-038(E) (Repl.1992) violates...

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