BAKER v. HEDSTROM

No. 33,635.

309 P.3d 1047 (2013)

2013-NMSC-043

Bryanna Pearl BAKER, Lorrice Gordon, and Paul Campos, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Cheri Wilson, deceased, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. Stephanie HEDSTROM, M.D.; Southwest Perinatology; William Ramirez, M.D.; Lee C. Caruana, M.D.; Family Practice Associates, P.C.; Misbah Zmily, M.D.; Misbah Zmily, P.C.; Cordell Halverson, M.D.; San Miguel Hospital Corp., d/b/a Alta Vista Regional Hospital; The Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico, as Trustees of the University of New Mexico Health and Sciences Center; John Doe # 1-20, and Jane Doe #1-20; ABQ Health Partners, L.L.C.; Loretta Conder, M.D.; Loretta Conder, M.D., P.C., a corporation; Omkar Tiku, M.D.; and Omkar Tiku, P.C., a corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya & Love, P.A., Tyler John Atkins , Randi McGinn , Law Offices of Felicia C. Weingartner, P.C., Felicia C. Weingartner , The Kauffman Firm, Cid Dagward Lopez , The Vargas Law Firm, L.L.C., Ray M. Vargas, II , Erin O'Connell , Albuquerque, NM, Law Office of Stephen Durkovich, Stephen G. Durkovich , Santa Fe, NM for Petitioners.

Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, L.L.P., Dana Simmons Hardy , William P. Slattery , Lorenz Law, Alice Tomlinson Lorenz , Sharp Law Firm, Lynn S. Sharp , Butt, Thornton & Baehr, P.C., Emily A. Franke , W. Ann Maggiore , Miller Stratvert, P.A., Jennifer D. Hall , Krehbiel Law Office, P.C., Lorri Krehbiel , Allen, Shepherd, Lewis, Syra & Chapman, P.A., Edward W. Shepherd , Albuquerque, NM, Serpe, Jones, Andrews, Callendar & Bell, P.L.L.C., Melanie L. Frassanito , Houston, TX, for Respondents.


OPINION

VIGIL, Justice.

{1} This appeal concerns whether defendant professional corporations and a limited liability company are "health care providers" as defined by the Medical Malpractice Act ("MMA" or "the Act"), NMSA 1978, Sections 41-5-1 to -29 (1976, as amended through 2008), so as to be able to receive the benefits of the Act. Although the Court of Appeals determined that Defendants do not literally meet the Act's definition of "health...

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