PERRY v. MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MED. CENTER

No. 24709.

995 P.2d 816 (2000)

134 Idaho 46

Pauline Collins PERRY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, a political subdivision of Twin Falls County, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Twin Falls, November 1999 Term.

February 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tolman Law Office, Twin Falls, for appellant. Jennifer K. Brizee argued.

May, Sudweeks, Kershaw & Browning, Twin Falls; Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Provo, Utah, for respondent. Lynn C. Harris argued.


KIDWELL, Justice.

Magic Valley Regional Medical Center (Hospital) appealed from the judgment in a medical malpractice case. The jury awarded plaintiff Pauline Collins Perry $1,550,000 in economic damages and $150,000 in non-economic damages for injuries to the sciatic nerve sustained from an injection that Hospital personnel administered in the gluteal area. We affirm and remand in part.

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