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New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Act Covers Vicarious Liability Claims Against Qualified Health Care Providers For Conduct Of Non-QHC Registered Nurses

August 20, 2026

Pamela A. Smith died in the care of Lovelace Health System, LLC (Lovelace) on April 18, 2021 after undergoing surgery on March 29, 2021 at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The wrongful death Estate of Pamela Smith (Plaintiff) filed both direct negligence claims against Lovelace an[...]

$13M New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols’ Death

June 9, 2026

Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek series, went to the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, New Mexico in 2022 for a treatable heart problem. Hours after she was discharged from the hospital, the 89-year-old died. The lawsuit reportedly alleged that Nicho[...]

New Mexico Governor Signs Medical Malpractice Reform Bill

March 10, 2026

On March 6, 2026, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law medical malpractice reform bill HB99, which she said “will help reduce the cost of medical malpractice insurance and attract more physicians to New Mexico.” The bill creates tiered caps on punitive damages — $[...]

Less Than 1% Of New Mexico’s Physicians Are Responsible For Half Of Medical Malpractice Payments

February 20, 2026

The Albuquerque Journal reported on December 27, 2025 that less than 1% of New Mexico physicians were responsible for half of medical malpractice payments from 1991 to 2024. One New Mexico neurosurgeon, who lost his New Mexico medical license in 2024, was responsible for $19 million in medical malpr[...]

New Mexico Study Of Effects Of Medical Billing Issues On Patient Care And Health Providers Satisfaction

October 28, 2025

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Center for Social Policy (CSP) was commissioned by the New Mexico Legislative Council Service to conduct a research study on medical billing and claims in the state. The primary purpose of the study was to analyze the billing and claims process in New Mexico from t[...]

New Mexico Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment Against Prisoner Alleging EMTALA Claim

October 2, 2025

Plaintiff suffered a stroke while in custody. He asserts that Defendants were negligent or failed to provide adequate medical care, which includes failing to identify and treat his stroke. On May 16, 2019, while detained pretrial at Curry County Detention Center, Plaintiff was seen by Wellpath nurse[...]

$40M New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brain Injured Infant Due To Neonatal Hypoglycemia

June 21, 2025

On June 2, 2025, a New Mexico medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in excess of $40 million for a brain injured infant. The New Mexico medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that medical staff at Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Presbyterian Hospital) failed to timely diagnose and treat the [...]

New Mexico’s Effort To Constrain Medical Malpractice Cases Fails

May 5, 2025

SB176 Senate Bill 176 proposed amendments to the Medical Malpractice Act (“the MMA”) that would limit Patient Compensation Fund (“PCF”) payments for future medical care and related benefits, limit contingent attorney fees in MMA cases, and divert a portion of punitive damages awards that cus[...]

New Mexico Neurosurgeon Sued Many Times For Medical Malpractice Found Unfit To Practice

February 28, 2025

The New Mexico Medical Board determined in April 2024 that 73-year-old neurosurgeon Mark Erasmus exhibited “manifest incapacity or incompetence,” and thus he was found to be unfit to continue working as a doctor. Erasmus appealed the Board’s decision and on December 30, 2024, a New Mexico [...]

$700,000 New Mexico Medical Malpractice Settlement For Negligent Recasting Of 7-Year-Old’s Leg

February 24, 2025

On February 25, 2018, a 7-year-old who was learning how to ski suffered a right hip dislocation and a tibia fracture in Red River, New Mexico. She was initially brought to Holy Cross Medical Center in Taos, New Mexico, where her hip injury was treated and a closed reduction with casting was performe[...]

$412M New Mexico ED Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 28, 2025

In 2017, a 66-year-old man sought testosterone replacement therapy from NuMale Medical Center, which has facilities in multiple states, for fatigue and for help in losing weight. According to his subsequent New Mexico medical malpractice lawsuit, a physician’s assistant misdiagnosed him with e[...]

88% Of New Mexico Nursing Homes Had At Least One Deficiency Finding During Surprise Inspections

October 6, 2024

New Mexico has 268 facilities that are licensed as an ALF (assisted living facilities), SNF (skilled nursing facility)/NF (nursing facility), SNF only, and/or NF. On May 17 – 19, 2024, representatives from the New Mexico Department of Health made unannounced visits to ninety- one long-term care fa[...]

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