Romero Ex Rel. Romero v. New Mexico Health & Environment Department

OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the dismissal of Arlene Romero’s tort action against the former New Mexico Health and Social Services Department, which was reorganized into the separate New Mexico Health and Environment Department (HED) and Human Services Department. The appropriate successor is HED. The district court ruled that Romero’s claim against HED was barred by the statute of limitations, by the Tort Claims Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 41-4-1 to -27 (Repl.Pamp. 1986), or under the common-law doctrine of sovereign immunity. The court of appeals affirmed on the…