Foster v. Traul

BURDICK, Justice.

Frank Lane Foster sued Pocatello Regional Medical Center (PRMC) and medical service providers, alleging medical negligence and lack of informed consent. Foster appeals from a district court’s grant of summary judgment on both counts in favor of the Defendants. We affirm in part and vacate in part, remanding for further proceedings.

I.FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Immediately after undergoing back surgery at PRMC in December of 1998, Foster discovered he had lost all vision in his right eye, and suffered from reduced vision in his left eye. His condition was later diagnosed…