JENSEN v. INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE, INC.

No. 17980.

679 P.2d 903 (1984)

Shirley J. JENSEN and Paul B. Jensen, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Hasenyager, Ogden, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Allen M. Swan, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.


STEWART, Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a medical malpractice action in which the plaintiffs' decedent Dale Jensen died as a result of negligence on the part of an emergency room physician and the hospital. The plaintiffs settled with the defendant doctor and went to trial against the hospital. The jury returned a special verdict, finding plaintiffs' decedent 46 percent negligent in causing his own death; Intermountain Health Care, Inc., 36 percent...

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