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MONTAÑO v. FREZZA

No. S-1-SC-35214 No. S-1-SC-35297.

393 P.3d 700 (2017)

2017-NMSC-015

Kimberly MONTAÑO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Eldo FREZZA, M.D., Defendant-Petitioner, and Lovelace Insurance Company, a Domestic For-Profit Corporation, Defendant. and Kimberly Montaño, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. Eldo Frezza, M.D., Defendant-Respondent, and Lovelace Insurance Company, a Domestic For-Profit Corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: March 13, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinkle Shanor LLP, William P. Slattery , Dana Simmons Hardy , Santa Fe, NM, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, John Campbell Barker , Deputy Solicitor General, Lisa A. Bennett , Assistant Solicitor General, Jose L. Valtzar , Assistant Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Petitioner Eldo Frezza, M.D.

Jones, Snead, Wertheim & Clifford, P.A. Jerry Todd Wertheim , Roxie P. Rawls-De Santiago , Samuel C. Wolf , Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner Kimberly Montaño.

Windle Hood Norton Brittain & Jay, LLP Joseph L. Hood, Jr. , El Paso, TX, for Amicus Curiae University of Texas System.

Atwood, Malone, Turner & Sabin, P.A. Lee M. Rogers Jr. , Quincy J. Perales , Roswell, NM, for Amici Curiae Texas Medical Liability Trust, et al.

Lorenz Law, Alice Tomlinson Lorenz , Albuquerque, NM, Hull Hendricks LLP, Michael S. Hull , Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae New Mexico Medical Society, et al.

Garcia Ives Nowara, LLC, George L. Bach, Jr. , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.

OPINION

{1} Can a New Mexico resident who has been injured by the negligence of a state-employed Texas surgeon name that surgeon as a defendant in a New Mexico lawsuit when Texas sovereign immunity laws would require that the lawsuit be dismissed? The answer to this question implicates principles of interstate...

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