Ramos v. Dixon

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the Defendants in a medical malpractice ease entered after granting summary judgment on the ground that the opinion of the Plaintiffs expert was inadmissible because of the lack of foundation showing that the expert had knowledge of the applicable local standard of care. We affirm the judgment.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In September 1998, a cardiologist in Idaho Falls diagnosed Rene Ramos with a left ventricular hypertrophy with an intraventricular gradient, which condition placed Ramos at increased risk for death due to…