MEZA v. TOPALOVSKI

No. 30,323.

268 P.3d 1284 (2011)

2012-NMCA-002

Monica MEZA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margarita TOPALOVSKI, M.D., Defendant-Appellee, and Robert L. Lopez, M.D., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

November 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica Meza , Las Cruces, NM, Pro Se Appellant.

Allen, Shepherd, Lewis, Syra & Chapman, P.A., Ben M. Allen , J. Adam Tate , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.


OPINION

VANZI, Judge.

{1} Plaintiff Monica Meza appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant Margarita Topalovski, M.D. (Dr. Topalovski). This case raises an issue of first impression as to whether a plaintiff who wrongly names a health care provider in an application to the New Mexico Medical Review Commission (MRC) is then allowed to use the MRC's own rules to amend her complaint and rely on the original filing...

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