Churchill v. Campbell County Memorial Hospital

GOLDEN, Justice.

[T1] On March 12, 2009, Appellant Ashlie Churchill filed a complaint, pursuant to the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act. The complaint alleged that Ms. Churchill was injured on March 17, 2006, while awaking from a tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy performed at Campbell County Memorial Hospital. The district court granted the Hospital's motion to dismiss the complaint. The district court relied on two grounds. First, it ruled that the complaint should be dismissed because Ms. Churchill did not file a claim with the Medical Review Panel, as required by Wyo. Stat. Ann. §…