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Utah Supreme Court finds that state panel was unconstitutionally blocking medical malpractice lawsuits

((Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) Utah Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas wrote the decision rejecting a 2010 law requiring a person who wants to sue a medical professional to get an affidavit from a health care provider saying the claims are valid if a state panel has already decided the claims lack merit. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law stepped on the judicial branch, which should have the final say on medical malpractice suits.