Nield v. Pocatello Health Services, Inc.

SUBSTITUTE OPINION

THE ORIGINAL OPINION ISSUED ON THIS DATE IS HEREBY WITHDRAWN.

BURDICK, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing an action wherein the plaintiff sought damages for injuries sustained as a result of contracting certain infections. The district court employed a differential diagnosis analysis and held that plaintiffs medical experts were required to rule out possible sources of the infections, other than the defendant’s care. The district court determined that plaintiffs medical experts’ opinions were inadmissible because they did not address the other possible…