Legal Opinion

Tomlinson v. George

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided June 30, 2005No. 27,817PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} Plaintiff-Petitioner Patricia Tomlinson brought a medical malpractice action against Defendant-Respondent Dr. Jacob George. The district court granted George’s motion for summary judgment based on the ground that Tomlinson failed to file within the three-year statute of repose period. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court by unanimous opinion based on several cases from this Court, Tomlinson v. George, 2003-NMCA-004, ¶¶ 25, 27, 133 N.M. 69, 61 P.3d 195, and we granted Tomlinson’s petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals.

{2} We address…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Earle v. RatliffTexas Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Garcia on Behalf of Garcia v. La FargeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Cummings v. X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, P. C.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Roberts v. Southwest Community Health ServicesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Kern Ex Rel. Kern v. St. Joseph Hospital, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Roberts v. BarrerasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
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  3. Windham v. Latco of Mississippi, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Christus St. Vincent Reg'l Med. Ctr. v. Duarte-AfarNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2011
  5. Verrastro v. Bayhospitalists, LLCSupreme Court of Delaware · 2019

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