Overview

• The First Chamber’s binding jurisprudence 27/2025, formalized on July 23, now governs medical negligence lawsuits nationwide.
• Civil courts must hear negligence claims against individual doctors, regardless of whether they work in public or private institutions.
• Plaintiffs must prove a doctor’s culpability and that harm was directly caused by the negligent act to secure compensation.
• Damage claims against IMSS and ISSSTE personnel must proceed through administrative channels under the Ley Federal de Responsabilidad Patrimonial del Estado.
• All Mexican courts are required to apply this ruling, resolving previous uncertainty over the proper venue for medical negligence suits.