Uhlir v. Webb

GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1] This appeal arises from a medical malpractice case in which the estate of Stanton Uhlir sued physician’s assistant, David Webb. A jury returned a verdict for Webb. Subsequently, Uhlir filed a motion for a new trial which the trial court granted. Webb appeals, claiming the order granting the new trial was signed after the statutory deadline, and therefore, the motion is necessarily denied by operation of law. We find the trial court’s ruling on the motion for a new trial timely but reverse the trial court’s decision.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2] Stanton Uhlir entered the…