Labelle v. McKay Dee Hospital Center

NEHRING, Justice:

¶ 1 Helen Labelle and her sisters, the daughters and heirs of Norma Mary Harri-man, sued McKay-Dee Hospital Center, In-termountain Health Care, Drs. Wright, Vonk, and Rankin, and other unnamed health care providers for medical malpractice. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss 1 the suit on the grounds that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the ease, because the Harriman heirs had failed to mail a copy of the request for prelitigation hearing to the defendants, as required by section 78-14-12(2)(b) of the Utah Health Care Malpractice…