Regents of University of NM v. Lacey

OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

Plaintiff-Appellants, the Regents of the University of New Mexico (the Regents), appeal from a judgment of dismissal rendered in favor of defendant-appellee, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual). The trial court determined that the action was time-barred under the New Mexico Hospital Lien Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 48-8-1 to -7 (Repl.Pamp.1987). We affirm.

The facts alleged in plaintiffs’ complaint deemed admitted by the motion to dismiss and subsequently dealt with by the trial court as a motion for summary judgment are as follows: On March 29, 1985, an…