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BEHRENS v. RALEIGH HILLS HOSP., INC.

No. 18093.

675 P.2d 1179 (1983)

Diana BEHRENS, individually and as Guardian ad Litem of Nathan Alan Behrens, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RALEIGH HILLS HOSPITAL, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Hawkes, Bob W. Warnick, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and appellant.

Robert F. Orton, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.

STEWART, Justice:

The issue on this appeal is whether punitive damages may be awarded in a wrongful death action. The case is here on an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's refusal to permit the plaintiff to amend its complaint to seek punitive damages.

I. THE FACTS

Plaintiff's decedent, Robert Alan Behrens, was admitted to the defendant Raleigh Hills Hospital to undergo treatment for alcohol abuse. On the third day of his stay, a hospital...

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