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- Utah Supreme Court
Does Utah’s peer review privilege contain a bad faith exception?Belnap v. Howard
February 28, 2019
The Utah Supreme Court clarified that peer review privileges under Rule 26(b)(1) are absolute and contain no bad faith exception for discovery, even though immunity from liability requires good faith participation.- Civil Appeals
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Schleger v. State
May 3, 2018
The HCMA’s tolling provision cannot extend the GIA’s strict one-year limitations period for suits against government entities, creating a demanding but not impossible timeline for medical malpractice claims against the state.- Civil Appeals
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- Medical Malpractice
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- Utah Court of Appeals
Can an employer avoid liability when an employee conceals their mistake?Lane v. Provo Rehabilitation and Nursing
January 19, 2018
This case clarifies that under agency law, an employer is deemed to have constructive knowledge of an employee’s actions taken within the scope of employment, even when the employee conceals those actions from the employer.- Civil Appeals
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- Medical Malpractice
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Turner v. University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics
August 16, 2013
The Utah Supreme Court reversed a medical malpractice verdict, finding error in a jury instruction about alternative treatment methods and abandoning the cure-or-waive rule for preserving jury bias claims.- Civil Appeals
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- Medical Malpractice
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Wilson v. IHC Hospitals, Inc.
July 20, 2012
Courts must rigorously enforce orders excluding collateral source evidence, as persistent violations can substantially prejudice a plaintiff’s right to a fair trial.- Civil Appeals
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- Medical Malpractice
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Bright v. Sorensen
April 23, 2020
The court clarified that responses to anticipated statute of limitations defenses are not subject to heightened pleading requirements and that tolling exceptions extend both limitations and repose periods.- Civil Appeals
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- Medical Malpractice


