Legal Opinion
Richter v. Presbyterian Healthcare Services
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided May 2, 2014No. 34,449; Docket Nos. 30,926 & 31,004PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
{1} Kathryn Richter died in 2005 when she developed a heart arrhythmia during surgery intended to remove a tumor from her adrenal gland. The heart arrhythmia was caused by an undiagnosed condition called pheochromocytoma. Adding to the tragedy inherent in such a death, the parties discovered that during the course of a hospitalization in 2001, Mrs. Richter’s then physicians ordered laboratory tests which were diagnostic of the condition that caused her death on the operating table. The tests were never read or acted on by her physicians.
{2} Plaintiff, Timothy Richter,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Hancock v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012
- Headley v. Morgan Management Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
- Woolwine v. Furr's, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- Marx v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity CompanyNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
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