Donohue v. Intermountain Health Care, Inc.

HOWE, Justice:

Plaintiff Donohue appeals from an order of the trial court granting defendant’s motion for a new trial following entry of judgment on a jury verdict for plaintiff.

In September 1976, plaintiff was beaten and sustained severe injuries in a fight which occurred in Logan, Utah. He was taken from Logan to Intermountain Health Care’s (IHC) McKay-Dee Medical Center in Ogden, Utah, where he was treated for those injuries by Dr. Cloyd Van Hook and members of the McKay-Dee staff. In 1978, plaintiff sued Van Hook and IHC, alleging that they were negligent in the treatment of his injuries.

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