Andreini v. Hultgren

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Eugene R. Andreini appeals from two summary judgments dismissing his medical malpractice suit against Bruce Hultgren, M.D., an anesthesiologist; R. David Beck, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon; and Holy Cross Hospital. The dispute arose out of an operation that Andreini claims was negligently conducted and resulted in a compression paralysis of both his hands. In the first summary judgment, the trial court dismissed Andreini’s claim against Hult-gren because it found that his claim was time-barred by the two-year limitation period in the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act (“Act”).…