Hough v. Fry

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion to amend a complaint for medical malpractice and grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants.

I

BACKGROUND

Barbara Hough was sent by her orthopedic surgeon to Gem Physical Therapy in Emmett to receive physical therapy for chronic ankle instability. Gem Physical Therapy is owned by the defendant-respondents, Robert and Elizabeth Fry. Hough’s case was assigned to defendant-respondent Chip Sands, a physical therapist employed by Gem Physical Therapy. Sands asked Hough about her medical history and examined…