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.
The high court agreed. Broadbent’s alleged conduct, it found, was not a part of the women’s health care — and therefore, not covered by Utah’s medical malpractice laws.
The fact that a judge would not reach this basic common-sense conclusion is pretty shocking.
The fact that a judge would not reach this basic common-sense conclusion is pretty shocking.