Grantland v. Lea Regional Hospital, Inc.

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

Defendant-respondent Lea Regional Hospital, Inc. (Regional) filed a motion in district court to dismiss the medical malpractice complaint of plaintiffs-petitioners James R. and Betty Grantland (Grantlands) on the basis that the statute of limitations barred their recovery. When the district court denied Regional’s motion, Regional filed an interlocutory appeal to the court of appeals. The court of appeals reversed the district court. We granted certiorari and now reverse the court of appeals.

Pursuant to the Medical Malpractice Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-5-1 to -28…