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Marc Grano, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Barron, et al. v. El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., dba Las Palmas Medical Center

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of New Mexico, No. A-1-CA-39669 · judgment April 12, 2023


Certiorari denied · November 13, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether specific personal jurisdiction in a forum state over a nonresident hospital and healthcare system is permissible where: (1) the hospital system operates a brick-and-mortar referral clinic in the forum, (2) the brick-and-mortar clinic refers patients to the hospital system’s state of residence, (3) the defendant hospital lies two miles from the forum state, (4) the hospital system provides regular medical care to residents of the forum, (5) the hospital system elicits business through advertisements to, referrals of, and transfer agreements from residents of the forum, (6) the decedent patient was a resident of the forum, and (7) the patient died in the forum state, where he resided?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Hoytt Wood
Law Office of James H. Wood, PC

For respondent
John S. Serpe
Serpe Andrews, PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 13 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 24 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
  3. Oct 10 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd. to respond filed.
  4. Sep 20 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2023)