Supreme Court of New Mexico

H. J. MURRELL, M.D., DOYLE SIMMONS, M.D., and X-RAY
ASSOCIATES, a New Mexico corporation, Petitioners,
vs.
MRS. WAYNE KEITHLEY, Personal Representative of the Estate
of Wayne Keithley, Respondent, ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL,
Petitioner, and H. J. MURRELL, M.D.; DOYLE
SIMMONS, M.D.; and X-RAY ASSOCIATES, a
New Mexico corporation, Defendants,
v. MRS. WAYNE KEITHLEY,
Personal Representative
of the Estate of
Wayne
Keithley,
Respondent.

Nos. 15676, 15678

SUPREME COURT OF NEW MEXICO

1985-NMSC-042, 102 N.M. 565, 698 P.2d 435

April 16, 1985

Original Proceedings on Certiorari, Gerald R. Cole, District Judge

COUNSEL

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, W. Robert Lasater, Jr., Mark C. Meiering, Albuquerque, New Mexico, For Simmons and Murrell.

Campbell & Black, Bruce D. Black, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Stephen Durkovich, Albuquerque, New Mexico, For X-Ray Associates.

Sigmund L. Bloom, Albuquerque, New Mexico, For Keithley.

Civerolo, Hansen & Wolf, Richard Civerolo, Carl J. Butkus, Albuquerque, New Mexico, For St. Joseph Hospital.

Johnson & Lanphere, Harry G. W. Griffith, Thomas J. McBride, Albuquerque, New Mexico, For NM Hospital Association Amicus Curiae.

JUDGES

Federici, C.J., wrote the opinion. WE CONCUR: DAN SOSA, JR., Senior Justice, MARY C. WALTERS, Justice. WILLIAM RIORDAN, Justice, dissenting. HARRY E. STOWERS, Jr., Justice, dissenting.

AUTHOR: FEDERICI

OPINION

WILLIAM R. FEDERICI, Chief Justice.

ORDER

{1} The writs of certiorari heretofore issued by this Court are quashed as having been improvidently granted. See Kern v. St. Joseph Hospital, Inc., 102 N.M. 452, 697 P.2d 135 (1985). In the event of any conflict between Kern and Keithley v. St. Joseph's Hospital, 102 N.M. 565,698 P.2d 435, 23 SBB 1220 (Ct. App.1984), Kern shall control. This order together with the opinion of the Court of Appeals shall be published.

{2} IT IS SO ORDERED.

SOSA, Senior Justice, and WALTERS, J., concur.

RIORDAN, and STOWERS, JJ., dissenting.