Legal Opinion

Sorenson v. St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 15, 1990No. CX-89-504PublishedCited by 132 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

YETKA, Justice.

Respondents brought a medical negligence action in connection with the stillbirth of John Sorenson on September 7, 1984. The trial court granted the defendant’s “summary judgment” 1 motion on the grounds that plaintiffs had failed to set out, with the degree of specificity required by Minn.Stat. § 145.682, subd. 4 (1988), the proposed testimony of their expert witness. The court of appeals reversed, and the defendants appealed to this court. We affirm the court of appeals.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Sorenson, became aware that she had a possible claim for medical negligence in 1986…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Winthrop Laboratories Division of Sterling Drug, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
  2. Firoved v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
  3. Doe v. Minnesota State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  4. Dennie v. Metropolitan Medical CenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
  5. Silver v. RedleafSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972

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3Cited by132 opinions

  1. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  2. Brown-Wilbert, Inc. v. Copeland Buhl & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  3. Lindberg v. Health Partners, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
  4. Stroud v. Hennepin County Medical CenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
  5. Kolton v. County of AnokaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002

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