Cornfeldt v. Tongen

KELLY, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the district court denying his motion for a new trial or, in the alternative, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and from the judgment for defendants. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for a new trial.

This is an action for wrongful death, charging medical malpractice in the care and treatment of Mrs. Phyllis Cornfeldt, plaintiff’s decedent. The basic facts are undisputed. Late in the evening of June 24, 1973, Mrs. Cornfeldt, complaining of severe abdominal pain, entered Miller Hospital in St. Paul. Dr. Ronald Beals, a first-…