Rademacher v. Tountas

I respectfully dissent because I believe occupational therapists are “health care professionals” within the meaning of the two-year statute of limitations. See Minn. Stat. § 541.07(1) (1988). The statute is ambiguous because it refers to the definitions of “professional” and “health care” but does not define the entire term “health care professional.” See Kaiser v. Memorial Blood Center of Minneapolis, Inc., 721 F.Supp. 1073, 1075 n. 2 (D.Minn.1989); see also Minn.Stat. § 145.61, subds. 2, 4 (1988). Merely combining these two definitions makes little sense and does not clearly delineate who…