The Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held in its opinion dated February 18, 2020: “We affirm the denial of defendants’ motions to dismiss. In so doing we conclude that the statutory tolling provisions in Utah… Read More
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Utah Supreme Court Finds Utah Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Too Late Under UGIA
The Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on August 15, 2019 that despite the Utah medical malpractice plaintiff’s argument that a notice of claim she filed in September 2016, regarding the… Read More
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Utah Supreme Court Rules Part Of Utah Health Care Malpractice Act Is Unconstitutional
In its opinion filed on July 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) ruled that the requirement in the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act (“Act”) that a Utah medical malpractice claimant obtain a certificate… Read More
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Utah Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Jury Finding That Statute Of Limitations Barred Plaintiff’s Claim
In its opinion filed on April 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) affirmed a Utah medical malpractice jury’s finding that the plaintiff’s claim was filed after the two-year statute of limitations for Utah… Read More
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Utah Appellate Court Imputes Nurse’s Concealment Of Medication Error To The Nursing Home Where She Was Employed
The Utah Court of Appeals (“Utah Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 19, 2018 that the defendant nursing home’s efforts to avoid full liability for its nurse’s medication error and her subsequent concealment of that error are… Read More
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Failure Of Multiple Utah Medical Facilities To Report Nurse’s Sexual Assaults Over 10 Year Period Resulted In 12 Victims
A Utah nurse who has allegedly sexually assaulted at least 12 women at four different Utah medical facilities over the period of ten years could have been stopped if they had properly reported his misconduct to the appropriate authorities, according… Read More
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$2.9M Utah Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Medical Clinic For Misdiagnosed Cardiac Condition Resulting In Death
A Utah medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant medical clinic for its failure to diagnose a patient’s cardiac condition on two separate occasions, resulting in the patient’s death from an aortic dissection. The Utah medical malpractice jury… Read More
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Utah Supreme Court Nixes Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages Cap For Death Claims
In its opinion filed on August 11, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of Utah (“Utah Supreme Court”) held that the noneconomic damages cap in section 78B-3-410 of the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act (“Malpractice Act”) is not constitutionally… Read More
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$1.6M Utah Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict
On October 27, 2014, a Utah medical malpractice jury found Utah’s largest healthcare network provider responsible for the wrongful death of a patient who was found unresponsive by his wife after failing to wake up in the morning on April 3,… Read More
