LOPEZ v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES

No. A-1-CA-41177.

553 P.3d 481 (2024)

2024-NMCA-055

Todd LOPEZ, Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Richard Paiz and Loretta Paiz, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES; Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Texas, PLLC d/b/a Sound Physicians Holdings LLC; Kenneth Dale; and Karan Mahajan, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, July 23, 2024, No. S-1-SC-40416.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Thompson Law Firm, P.C., Bruce E. Thompson, Albuquerque, NM, The Law Office of Amalia S. Lucero, L.L.C., Amalia S. Lucero, Placitas, NM, for Appellants.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Jocelyn Drennan, Jeffrey M. Croasdell, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

Miller Stratvert P.A., Jennifer D. Hall, Kelsey D. Green, Laureana A. Larkin, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Texas d/b/a Sound Physicians Holdings LLC and Karen Mahajan.

Priest & Miller, LLP, Ada B. Priest, Dominic B. Romero, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Kenneth Dale.


OPINION

{1} This case involves the relationship between the appointment of a personal representative (PR) under the Wrongful Death Act (WDA), see NMSA 1978, §§ 41-2-1 to -4 (1882, as amended through 2001); Chavez v. Regents of the Univ. of N.M., 1985-NMSC-114, 103 N.M. 606...

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