American Fork Health Care Lawyer, Utah

... Applying this term to the healthcare industry is far from revolutionary. Courts have long characterized the duty physicians have to their patients as fiduciary. ... v. Curtis, 254 Va. 437, 492 SE2d 642, 644 (1997) ("[A] health care provider owes a duty of reasonable care to the patient. ...

... We address each of these arguments in turn. I. UNDER THE DISCOVERY RULE OF THE UTAH HEALTH CARE MALPRACTICE ACT, AN INJURY IS DISCOVERED WHEN THE PATIENT BECOMES AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE CAUSAL EVENT OF HIS MEDICAL INJURY. ...

... Hayden after Medicaid coverage began on August 1, 2001. Wasatch Crest requested reimbursement from Hayden's health care providers and collected from many of them. In August of 2002, the Utah State Office of Recovery ...