Butterfield v. Okubo

OPINION

JOHN FARR LARSON, Senior Juvenile Judge:

Albert and Angela Butterfield appeal from a summary judgment dismissing this action for wrongful death, which they allege to be due to medical malpractice by the defendants. Because of a lack of evidence in the record concerning proximate cause, we affirm.

The Butterfields’ infant daughter Tiffany died at home on December 20, 1984 of sudden infant death syndrome. She was born June 30, 1984. On that day and again on July 16, 1984, Tiffany was examined by Dr. David Okubo, a pediatrician. On two occasions in July and August 1984, the Butterfields…