Garcia v. Presbyterian Hospital Center

593 P.2d 487 (1979)

92 N.M. 652

Joseph L. GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL CENTER and John Doe I, John Doe II, John Doe III, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 3376.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 20, 1979.

Charles G. Berry, Marchiondo & Berry, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiff-appellant.

Eric D. Lanphere, Johnson & Lanphere, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

WALTERS, Judge.

Plaintiff underwent surgery twice in June and early July 1972 for prostatic cancer, and on July 25, 1972 he was subjected to a third surgery which brought about the complaint filed in this action. He…