Schofield v. Idaho Falls Latter Day Saints Hospital

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

In 1956 Tad Schofield, plaintiff-appellant herein, sustained an injury to his left eye which caused his vision to become cloudy. He was referred to Dr. Wallber, a defendant-respondent herein, a physician and surgeon specializing in ophthalmology. Dr. Wallber, after examining the eye and having X-rays taken, determined that a traumatic cataract was forming on Schofield’s left eye. Dr. Wallber advised that the cataract be allowed to mature to permit corrective surgery.

Schofield visited Dr. Wallber on January 8, 1959, in regard to the proposed operation and was informed he…