Court Opinion

ID: 9594863
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:33:32.317166+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:43:03.327037
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BAKES, Justice,
concurring specially:
I concur with the Court’s opinion that the affidavit of plaintiff’s expert, Dr. Blaisdell, was not adequate to meet the requirements of I.C. § 6-1013(c) and therefore under I.R. C.P. 56(e) the affidavit was not sufficient to preclude the entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendant. I.R.C.P. 56(e) requires that “[sjupporting and opposing affidavits shall be made on personal knowledge, shall set forth such facts as would be admissible in evidence, and shall show affirmatively that the affiant is competent to testify to the matters stated therein.” (Emphasis added.) The affidavit of Dr. Blaisdell did not meet the requirements of I.R.C.P. 56(e) and I.C. § 6-1013(c), and accordingly I concur with the Court’s opinion. See Pearson v. Parsons, 114 Idaho 334, 757 P.2d 197 (1988), Bakes, J., concurring in the result.
However, I also agree with that portion of Chief Justice Shepard’s concurring opinion in which he concludes that under I.C. § 39-1391(c) “no cause of action lies in the instant circumstances for the refusal of Dr. Faith to render additional care.” Ante at 483, 757 P.2d at 1202.