Dalley v. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center

HALL, Chief Justice:

This casé is on appeal from a grant of defendants’ motions for summary judgment in the Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah County. Plaintiff filed a complaint asserting a medical malpractice cause of action and based her complaint upon the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Because she did not produce any expert witnesses with regard to causation, the trial court ruled that she had failed to show sufficient foundation for the application of res ipsa loqui-tur. We reverse.

FACTS

On February 5, 1985, plaintiff Jeanna M. Dailey underwent an elective caesarean section operation…