Baker v. Hedstrom

OPINION

VIGIL, Justice.

This appeal concerns whether defendant professional corporations and a limited liability company are “health care providers” as defined by the Medical Malpractice Act (“MMA” or “the Act”), NMSA 1978, Sections 41-5-1 to -29 (1976, as amended through 2008), so as to be able to receive the benefits of the Act. Although the Court of Appeals determined that Defendants do not literally meet the Act’s definition of “health care provider,” it nonetheless held that the Defendants are health care providers under the Act because a strict adherence to the plain language of the…