Lohr v. Larsen

*83In this medical malpractice case, we decide whether a state-employed public health physician is entitled to the protection of the doctrine of sovereign immunity from liability for his alleged acts of ordinary negligence.1

Paige Lohr filed this action against Dr. George Douglas Larsen, a salaried state employee, alleging medical malpractice on his part in failing to order mammograms and needle biopsies after Dr. Larsen detected a lump in Lohr’s right breast. After hearing evidence and argument of counsel, the trial court sustained Dr. Larsen’s plea of sovereign immunity and dismissed the motion…