WAKEFIELD v. GUTZMAN

No. 20220256-CA.

2024 UT App 76

ROBERT WAKEFIELD, Appellant, v. DAVID A. GUTZMAN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed May 23, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Adams, Sara Pfrommer, and Freyja Johnson, Attorneys for Appellant.

Tawni J. Anderson and Tucker Finch Levis, Attorneys for Appellee.

JUDGE MICHELE M. CHRISTIANSEN FORSTER authored this Opinion, in which JUDGES GREGORY K. ORME and RYAN D. TENNEY concurred.


Opinion

¶1 Jared Wakefield died while he was undergoing routine dental surgery. Jared's father, Robert Wakefield, sued Dr. David A. Gutzman, the anesthesiologist responsible for sedating Jared during the procedure, alleging medical malpractice.1 The case proceeded to trial...

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