CHRISTIANSEN v. REES

No. 10731.

20 Utah 2d 199 (1968)

436 P.2d 435

WILLIAM N. CHRISTIANSEN, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. VINCENT L. REES, DOE I AND DOE II, AND THE SALT LAKE CLINIC, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard & Lewis, Jackson B. Howard, Provo, for appellant.

Skeen, Worsley, Snow & Christensen, John H. Snow, Salt Lake City, for respondents.


CALLISTER, Justice.

This is a malpractice action wherein plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injury suffered due to the alleged negligence of defendants in leaving a broken surgical needle within his body during an operation. The surgical operation was performed in 1955, but plaintiff did not commence this suit until 1965. The court below, having before it the pleadings and plaintiff's deposition, granted defendants' motion for summary judgment for the reason that...

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