Sanchez v. Old Pueblo Anesthesia, P.C.

OPINION

ECKERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Appellants Lorenzo and Bertha Sanchez appeal from the tidal court’s dismissal of their complaint against Daniel Hughes, M.D., and Old Pueblo Anesthesia, P.C., for the Sanchezes’ failure to obtain a preliminary expert opinion affidavit from an anesthesiologist to support their claim. They argue that, because their claim is based on res ipsa loquitur, the relevant statutes, A.R.S. §§ 12-2603 and 12-2604, do not require them to engage an expert in the specialty of each physician they allege may have been negligent. The Sanchezes also argue the trial court…