Pratt Ex Rel. Pratt v. University of Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Jeffrey Pratt, et al. (the “Pratts”) appealed from an Order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants (the “Doctors”) in a negligent nondisclosure case on the grounds that the doctrine does not apply to mere diagnosis and that the Pratts lacked expert testimony on the issue of whether the Doctors departed from standard medical procedure by not informing them of conditions not diagnosed. The Pratts had originally also sued for medical malpractice. Summary judgment was granted on the malpractice claim for lack of expert testimony. That ruling was not appealed.

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