Dickinson v. Mason

TUCKETT, Justice:

In this action the plaintiffs seek to recover damages against the defendant and claim that the defendant-respondent was guilty of malpractice in the treatment of an injury sustained by Drexel B. Dickinson. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ evidence the trial court granted the defendant’s motion for an involuntary dismissal and from that ruling appellants appealed to this Court.

The plaintiff Drexel B. Dickinson, a resident of Salt Lake County, sustained a severe laceration from a butcher knife on his right index finger while he was visiting with relatives in the Panguitch…