Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of New Mex.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 2018No. A-1-CA-35800PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VIGIL, Judge.
{1} Plaintiffs, Maria Cummings, individually and as personal representative of the estate of her son Shaun Michael Chavez, brought a class action complaint for medical and other negligence against Defendants (UNMH) resulting from treatment provided to pediatric cancer patients at UNMH. Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the district court dismissing their claims on grounds that UNMH did not receive notice of Plaintiffs' claims as required by the Tort Claims Act (TCA), NMSA 1978, Section 41-4-16 (1977). We conclude that Plaintiffs provided UNMH with written notice of their claims…
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