NELSON v. PETERSON

No. 13803.

542 P.2d 1075 (1975)

Betty J. NELSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Perry A. PETERSON, M.D., and Valley West Hospital Development Corporation, A Utah corporation, dba Valley West Hospital, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Eugene Hansen and G. Richard Hill of Hansen & Orton, Raymond A. Hintze of Walker, Hintze & Anderson, Inc., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

John H. Snow of Worsley, Snow & Christensen, Salt Lake City, for Perry Peterson.

Ray R. Christensen of Christensen, Gardiner, Jensen & Evans, Salt Lake City, for Valley West Hospital.


ELLETT, Justice:

This is an appeal from an adverse judgment based in an action for the wrongful death of a full-term fetus together with damages for the pain and suffering allegedly caused by the negligent care of plaintiff in connection with the delivery of her stillborn baby. She assigns three grounds of error, viz.:

1. The verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

2. The court erred in allowing testimony concerning the child's father...

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