Provencio v. WENRICH

OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} Since we issued Lovelace Medical Center v. Mendez, 111 N.M. 336, 805 P.2d 603 (1991), more than 20 years ago, this Court has not had an opportunity to clarify whether a doctor who negligently performs a tubal ligation procedure, but who then informs the patient of her continued fertility, may be sued for the future costs of raising a subsequently conceived child to the age of majority. We hold that those particular damages are only available when a doctor has breached a duty to inform. Our Court of Appeals held otherwise, concluding that notice of continued…