Legal Opinion
Jensen v. Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 2018No. Case No. 20160424PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice Pearce, opinion of the Court:
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1 On interlocutory appeal, we are asked to decide whether a request for prelitigation review-a step the Utah Healthcare Malpractice Act (UHMA) mandates a plaintiff take before filing a medical malpractice suit-tolls one of the limitation periods for filing that suit. The district court decided that it did. We agree that it does and affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 The only facts relevant to this appeal are those that speak to the chronology. Erik Jensen received surgical treatment for abdominal pain and cramping on March 26, 2010. On April 1, 2010,…
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