Gubler v. Boe

BAKES, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff-appellants, John and Kellie Gubler, brought a medical malpractice action against the defendant-respondents, Dr. Roger Boe and the Pocatello Children and Adolescent Clinic, P.A., a professional association, for failure to detect and treat a urinary tract infection and urinary tract obstruction in their newborn child, Jake Gubler. The district court ruled that the Gublers’ expert witness, Dr. Tune, had not familiarized himself with the standard of care in the Pocatello “community” during 1983 and therefore, under I.C. § 6-1012, he was unqualified to testify as…