A Utah judge ruled that sexual assaults alleged by more than 100 women against an OB-GYN falls under medical malpractice claims and dismissed their complaint in a civil suit they had filed against the doctor.
Fourth District Court Judge Robert Lunnen made the ruling in October, but the Utah Supreme Court, in a rare decision, recently agreed to retain the case and hear it on appeal.
In a recent interview with The Epoch Times, Attorney Adam Sorenson, who led efforts to get the case before the Utah Supreme Court, called the ruling “offensive.”
Lunnen had decided that the allegations were more along the line of medical injuries and were actions that should be brought under the Utah Health Care Malpractice Act….