Legal Opinion
Brossard v. Koop
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 2, 1937No. Nos. 31,172, 31,173, 31,174PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Justice.
Plaintiff sued for malpractice and secured a verdict against the three doctors who participated in an operation upon him for a diseased gall bladder. Each defendant appeals separately from the order denying his separate motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.
The facts are these: Defendant O’Conner is a physician, but does no surgery. Defendants Koop are physicians who perform surgical operations. Plaintiff, about 50 years old, suffered from an acute attack of obstruction of the gall bladder duct and called O’Conner, of Eden Valley, on December 16, 1935.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Ault v. HallOhio Supreme Court · 1928
- Robinson v. CrotwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Davis v. KerrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Sellers v. NoahSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- McCormick v. JonesWashington Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Voss Ex Rel. Voss v. BridwellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1961
- Fehrman v. SmirlWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
- Hestbeck v. Hennepin CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Spannaus v. Otolaryngology Clinic & Professional AssociatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Dan F. Thompson v. C. Walton Lillehei, Geraldine B. Thompson v. C. Walton LilleheiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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