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New Mexico Medical Malpractice Case Filed For Cholecystectomy Death

April 1, 2013

On March 27, 2013, the surviving daughter of a woman who died after having a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on April 23, 2010 at a Sante Fe, New Mexico hospital filed a medical malpractice case in the state District Court. The New Mexico medical malpractice claim alleges that the 68-year-old woman c[...]

New Mexico Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Declared Unenforceable

November 3, 2012

In an August 16, 2012 decision from the Court of Appeals of New Mexico (“the Court”), the Court affirmed that an agreement to arbitrate claims contained in a nursing home agreement between the nursing home resident and the nursing home was “substantively unconscionable” und[...]

New Mexico $2 Million Verdict For Bad Back Surgery

September 24, 2012

On September 7, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million after five days of trial and deliberating for less than three hours, in favor of a man whose back surgery in May, 2008 resulted in the man suffering cardiac arrest 36 hours late[...]

What Is Medical Malpractice? (Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia)

September 15, 2012

What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, and Virginia: Idaho TITLE 6, ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES, CHAPTER 10, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, 6-1012. Proof of community standard of health care practice in malpractice[...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Inmate Who Had To Pull His Own Tooth

February 5, 2012

On January 24, 2012, a federal jury in New Mexico awarded a substantial amount to a man who spent two years in solitary confinement in jail after his arrest for DWI. He was placed in a padded cell at the time of his arrest because he was considered to be a suicide risk. Three days […][...]

New Mexico Medical Malpractice Verdict For Disabled Man

December 3, 2011

Earlier this year, a Las Vegas, New Mexico jury awarded a substantial sum to the estate of a disabled man who suffered painful bed sores that allegedly developed and were not properly treated due to medical malpractice. There was also a claim that the man’s medical records were falsified by [...]

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