Legal Opinion

Greenwood v. Wierdsma

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided August 11, 1987No. 87-11PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

URBIGKIT, Justice.

This medical malpractice case presents three issues for review: (1) interpretation of the statute of limitations; (2) the propriety of the trial court’s summary judgment for defendants, doctor and hospital; and (3) the hospital’s claim of privilege from discovery access to the hospital credential committee’s files and information. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Constituting only what was alleged, contended by affidavit, or portrayed by brief upon initial procedural summary-judgment disposition, and in no way determinative of what trial evidence may subsequently demonstrate, we…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Memorial Hospital for McHenry County v. The Honorable Milton I. Shadur, United States District JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  2. Bredice v. Doctors Hospital, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1970
  3. Cordova v. GosarWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Johnson v. Misericordia Community HospitalWisconsin Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Beardsley v. WierdsmaWyoming Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Gale v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Hoem v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Strubhart v. Perry Memorial Hospital Trust AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  4. Larson v. WasemillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  5. Nowotny v. L & B Contract Industries, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1997

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