Our Las Cruces-based team at the Harmonson Law Firm has provided the following blog to help give you the basics about the New Mexico medical malpractice statute of limitations so that you can use them to get justice in a case of medical malpractice. A statute of limitations refers to how long you have to move forward with your case -- as in an expiration date. In New Mexico, the general statute of limitations for medical malpractice is three years from when the mistake occurred.