Regents of the University v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies

OPINION

WALTERS, Justice.

Appellants, the Regents of the University of New Mexico, brought suit against Joseph Ortega and appellees Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. (Fireman’s) and Fabian and Jonathan Archuleta, to enforce a hospital lien pursuant to the New Mexico Hospital Lien Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 48-8-1 to -7. The trial court, determining that the Regents’ suit was barred by the applicable statute of limitations, entered two separate orders granting the Archuletas’ and Fireman’s motions for summary judgment. The Regents appealed separately against the Archuletas and Fireman’s; the Court has…