Dekker v. Magic Valley Regional Medical Center

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in a medical malpractice action in favor of defendants hospital, a board-certified anesthesiologist, and a board-certified ear, nose and throat physician. The hospital, Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, is located in Twin Falls, Idaho, and both defendant physicians practice in Twin Falls, Idaho. Summary judgment was granted in favor of all the defendants on the basis that the experts of plaintiffs had failed to establish a familiarity with the community standard of care in Twin Falls, Idaho, and a breach of that…