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Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care” (www.propublica.org)
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The decision revives a lawsuit filed by 94 women who said their OB-GYN sexually abused them. Previously, a lower court determined that the actions they alleged had to be treated as medical malpractice.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Haven't read the lower court opinion but I wouldn't be shocked if there was another past precedent on medical malpractice in the region that bound the judge under to make that outcome until a higher court could reverse them.