Legal Opinion
Kinikin v. Heupel
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 15, 1981No. 51313, 51337PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
In this medical malpractice case the jury found the defendant surgeon was not negligent in the care and treatment of plaintiff, but that the doctor was liable for battery and negligent nondisclosure of surgical risks. Damages of $600,000 were awarded.
Defendant doctor appeals both from the trial court’s order denying his post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial and from the final judgment. We affirm.
The action arises from breast surgery performed in 1976 on the plaintiff, Harriet Kinikin, by defendant, Dr. Herman Heupel. Basically at issue…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Cobbs v. GrantCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Mohr v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Cornfeldt v. TongenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Cornfeldt v. TongenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Plutshack Ex Rel. Plutshack v. University of Minnesota HospitalsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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