New Mexico High Court Restores Claims Doctor’s Mistake Led To Termination Of Fetus

(December 10, 2019, 12:53 PM EST) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Dec. 5 reinstated a woman’s claims against a health system alleging that she had to terminate her pregnancy after a doctor mistakenly treated her with a drug that causes birth defects.  The state high court concluded that the plaintiff’s application to the medical review board was complete and tolled the applicable statute of limitations period for filing suit (Marlina Romero v. Lovelace Health System Inc., et al., No. S-1-SC-36764, N.M. Sup., 2019 N.M. LEXIS 53)....

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