Legal Opinion · Dissent
Wood v. University of Utah Medical Center
Utah Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 2002No. 20000827Published
1DissentDurham, Chief Justice
T 41 I respectfully dissent from the holding of the court on the constitutionality of the Act, and note that Part I of this opinion on the standard of review, having been joined by Justices Howe and Russon, reflects the majority view on that issue.
[ 42 Additionally, I note a serious flaw in the lead opinion's analysis of the article I, section 11 argument. While the majority of this court upholds a heightened standard of review when section 11 is implicated, the lead opinion has actually analyzed the Utah Wrongful Life Act under a standard that it characterizes as "resolving any reasonable…
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