Legal Opinion

Swallow v. Emergency Medicine of Idaho, P.A.

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided April 2, 2003No. 27997PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the Plaintiffs’ complaint on motion for summary judgment after the district court ruled that the Plaintiffs’ expert testimony regarding causation was inadmissible. We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On June 4, 1997, plaintiff-appellant David Swallow went to the emergency room at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, where Dr. William S. Blahd treated him for a prostate gland infection. While treating Mr. Swallow, Dr. Blahd consulted with a urologist, who recommended that Mr. Swallow be prescribed the antibiotic…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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  4. State v. GleasonIdaho Supreme Court · 1992
  5. State v. MerwinIdaho Supreme Court · 1998

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