Legal Opinion · Dissent

Molloy v. Meier

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 20, 2004No. C9-02-1821, C2-02-1837Published

1DissentPage, Justice

I concur in the court’s opinion with respect to parts I and III. However, I disagree with the court’s attempt to distinguish our relatively recent holding in Fabio v. Bellomo, 504 N.W.2d 758 (Minn.1993), to reach a different result based on the facts of this case. In Fa-bio, in the face of Justice Gardebring’s dissent, which I joined along with Justice Wahl, the court reiterated the longstanding rule that, in general, a cause of action for medical malpractice accrues *724when a physician ceases to treat a patient for a particular condition. Id. at 762; see also Grondahl v. Bulluck, 318 N.W.2d…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fabio v. BellomoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
  2. Grondahl v. BulluckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
  3. Couillard v. Charles T. Miller Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  4. Schmucking v. MayoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
  5. Zettler v. VenturaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002

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