Morris by and Through Morris v. Thomson

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment for defendant Dr. James Thomson in a medical malpractice suit.

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BACKGROUND

On July 4,1988, Jessie Morris (Jessie) was born to Jackie Morris (Moms) at Walter Knox Memorial Hospital in Emmett, Idaho. Dr. James Thomson, a family practitioner in Emmett and Morris’ treating physician dim-ing her pregnancy, delivered Jessie, who experienced birth asphyxia (oxygen deprivation immediately before or after birth). As a result, she suffers from severe mental retardation, cerebral palsy, vision impairment, mi-crocephaly (small head),…