Legal Opinion

St. Vincent Hospital v. Salazar

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1980No. 13187PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

Janet Salazar, respondent herein, filed a malpractice suit on her behalf and on behalf of her stillborn fetus, against St. Vincent Hospital and Eric C. Wolf, a nurse at the hospital, among others. St. Vincent and Wolf are petitioners herein.

Respondent presented the matter to the Medical Review Commission in accordance with the Medical Malpractice Act, Sections 41-5-1 to 41-5-28, N.M.S.A.1978. The reviewing panel determined that petitioners’ acts were, or reasonably might constitute, malpractice which caused the injury of respondent.

Respondent thereafter deposed Wolf,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sangre De Cristo Development Corp. v. City of Santa FeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
  2. State Ex Rel. Castillo Corp. v. New Mexico State Tax CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Linton v. Mauer-Neuer Meat PackersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Scott v. RizzoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Richardson Ex Rel. Estate of Richardson v. Carnegie Library Restaurant, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Southwest Community Health Services v. SmithNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Trujillo v. PuroNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1996

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