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1 MAESTAS V. ZAGER, 2005-NMCA-013, 136 N.M. 764, 105 P.3d 317 PETRA MAESTAS, as personal representative of the ESTATE OF BETTY VARELA, and on behalf of JOE VARELA, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILIP G. ZAGER, M.D., Defendant-Appellee, and DIALYSIS CLINIC, INC., a foreign corporation, DEBORAH BOWEN, FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE, INC., a foreign corporation, and JOHN DOE #1 and #2, Defendants.
Docket No. 24,200 COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW MEXICO 2005-NMCA-013, 136 N.M. 764, 105 P.3d 317 November 30, 2004, Filed APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, Jay G. Harris, District Judge Certiorari Granted, No. 28,997, December 20, 2004 COUNSEL Benito Sanchez, Benito Sanchez, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant Mark L. Ish, Carol J. Ritchie, Felker, Ish, Ritchie & Geer, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee JUDGES JONATHAN B. SUTIN, Judge. I CONCUR: RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge, MICHAEL D. BUSTAMANTE, Judge (specially concurring in part and dissenting in part). AUTHOR: JONATHAN B. SUTIN OPINION

SUTIN, Judge. {1} We are presented with another circumstance in which we must determine when a statutory limitations period begins to run in a medical malpractice case. The district court applied NMSA 1978,

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