Legal Opinion

Garcia v. Presbyterian Hospital Center

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided March 20, 1979No. 3376PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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 appeals from a summary judgment granted to defendant below.

The trial court, in entering summary judgment, found the following “undisputed” facts:

Plaintiff, Joseph L. Garcia knew immediately after the catheter in question fell out in July of 1972, that something was wrong with regard to the treatment and care he was receiving as a hospital patient, and that on that event…

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Pharmaseal Laboratories, Inc. v. GoffeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Cave v. CaveNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Oxford v. EstesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Coca v. ArceoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
  5. State Trust & Savings Bank v. Hermosa Land & Cattle Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1925

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Shadrick v. CokerTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
  2. PNC Multifamily Capital Institutional Fund XXVI Limited Partnership v. Bluff City Community Development CorporationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
  3. Garcia on Behalf of Garcia v. La FargeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Kern Ex Rel. Kern v. St. Joseph Hospital, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Eckhardt v. Charter Hospital of Albuquerque, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1997

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