Anderson v. Hollingsworth

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting the Defendants’, John Hollingsworth, M.D. (“Hollingsworth”), Joseph Decker, M.D. (“Decker”) and Bear Lake Memorial Hospital, motion for summary judgment.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case arose out of a surgical procedure performed on the Plaintiff, Jackie Anderson (“Anderson”), on November 3, 1992 at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital. This surgery, called a vertical banded gastroplasty, involves a procedure whereby a mesh band is surgically implanted around a portion of the stomach in order to restrict the flow of food. The…