Truth? Or a simple dream? Lawsuit by man claiming he woke during surgery goes to trial

SAN DIEGO — The dreams that began haunting Randy Dalo almost as soon as he recovered from neck surgery in January 2017 went on trial in a downtown San Diego courtroom Tuesday. Are they the hazy evidence revealing the harrowing truth that he awakened during his operation? Or are they just that — nothing other than dreams — of an otherwise routine event at the end of a successful surgery? Dalo, a former sport fishing boat captain, has filed a lawsuit against UC San Diego, as well as a former anesthesiologist and nurse who were part of the surgical team at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest that pe...