Legal Opinion
Tarango v. Pastrana
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 5, 1980No. 4441PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Does New Mexico have personal jurisdiction over the defendants? This question involves our long-arm statute, the transaction of business, the commission of a tortious act, and due process. The trial court ruled there was a lack of jurisdiction; plaintiffs appeal.
According to the complaint, the three individual defendants performed a tubal ligation upon Angelina, and this surgery was performed at the Hospital. According to the complaint, the surgery was improperly performed because subsequent thereto Angelina became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Angelina, and her…
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