Opinion ID: 4556508
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Text: ¶1 Erik Jensen suffered a cardiac arrest after undergoing abdominal surgery at LDS Hospital. His heart did not beat for over fifteen minutes, and he suffered brain damage as a result. Just under five years later, he filed this medical malpractice claim against LDS Hospital. ¶2 LDS Hospital requested a bifurcated trial to first determine if Jensen had missed the applicable two-year statute of limitations. The jury found that he had. And the trial court entered judgment against Jensen. JENSEN v. IHC HEALTH SERVICES Opinion of the Court ¶3 Jensen appeals the judgment, arguing that the trial court erred in its jury instruction defining the “discovery of legal injury,” which starts the running of the statute of limitations in medical malpractice actions. ¶4 We conclude the instructions as a whole were correct. We affirm.