Deschamps v. Pulley

BILLINGS, Judge:

Appellant Michelle Deschamps (“Ms. Deschamps”) filed a wrongful death and survival action alleging medical malpractice. The trial court granted defendant health care providers’ motion for summary judgment concluding the action was barred under the medical malpractice statute of limitations, Utah Code Ann. § 78-14-4 (1987). We affirm.

Ms. Deschamps is the surviving daughter and personal representative of her deceased mother, Theda E. Schulz. Between June 29, 1984, and August 1, 1984, Dr. Pulley, a practicing physician employed by defendant FHP at its center in Ogden, Utah,…