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BRIGHT v. SORENSEN

No. 20180528.

463 P.3d 626 (2020)

2020 UT 18

Johannah BRIGHT, Pia Merlo-Schmucker, and Lisa Tapp, Appellees, v. Sherman SORENSEN, M.D.; Sorensen Cardiovascular Group; St. Mark's Hospital; and IHC Health Services, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 2020.

Filed April 23, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troy L. Booher , Beth E. Kennedy , Salt Lake City; Rhome D. Zabriskie , Provo; Rand Nolen , David Hobbs , Houston, Texas, for appellees.

Michael J. Miller , Kathleen J. Abke , Scarlet R. Smith , Eric P. Schoonveld , Tawni J. Anderson , Nathan E. Dorsey , Alan C. Bradshaw , Chad R. Derum , John (Jack) T. Nelson , Salt Lake City; Andrew A. Warth , Nashville, Tennessee, for appellants.

Associate Chief Justice Lee authored the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Durrant, Justice Himonas, Justice Pearce, and Justice Petersen joined.

AMENDED OPINION*

¶1 Johannah Bright, Pia Merlo-Schmucker, and Lisa Tapp are former patients of Dr. Sherman Sorensen. They allege that Sorensen performed unnecessary heart surgery on them at Salt Lake City's St. Mark's Hospital and Murray's Intermountain...

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