Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Leavitt
Utah Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 2001No. 20000203PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINS, Justice:
T1 Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of sixteen of the eighteen defendants named in plaintiff's complaint. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1
¶ 2 Plaintiff Ricky Lee Sanders seeks damages for himself and on behalf of his nine-month-old daughter Breanna Marie Loveless, who died tragically from pneumonia. Plaintiff asserts that Bobbie Dawn Wid-dison, Breanna's mother, and Travis Widdi-son contributed to Breanna's death because they physically abused her and failed to provide her with adequate medical care. Plaintiff further contends that several state government…
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