YATES v. VERNAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER

No. 16602.

617 P.2d 352 (1980)

Velma Gladys YATES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. VERNAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, a Project of the Division of Family and Community Medicine, University of Utah; Uintah County; Uintah County Hospital; Vernal Drug Company, a Utah corporation; Gordon Lee Balka, M.D., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. McRae of McRae & DeLand, Vernal, for plaintiff and appellant.

Leonard H. Russon, Salt Lake City, for Uintah County Hospital.

John H. Snow, Salt Lake City, Gayle McKeachnie, Vernal, for Vernal Drug Co.

D. Gary Christian, Salt Lake City, for Dr. Balka.

William Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for University of Utah.

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen. and Michael L. Deamer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendants and respondents.


WILKINS, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Uintah County dismissing the medical malpractice complaint filed by Appellant Velma Gladys Yates. The complaint was dismissed as to all defendants for failure to comply with the notice requirement of § 78-14-81 of the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act.2 In addition, the complaint was dismissed as to Respondents Uintah County and...

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