Chapter 41, Article 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Medical Malpractice Act".
§ 41-5-1 NMSA 1978
Short title
Known as the Medical Malpractice Act
The act spans §§ 41–41 (33 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 54 F. Supp. 2d 1207 - Louis v. United States (1999)
Most recently applied in 269 F. Supp. 2d 317 - In Re Rezulin Products Liability Litigation (June 2003)
1953 Comp., § 58-33-1, enacted by Laws 1976, ch. 2, § 1; 1992, ch. 33, § 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.