Legal Opinion
Quickstad v. Tavenner
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 10, 1936No. 30,601PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stone, Justice.
In this action for malpractice the defendant doctor got a directed verdict. Plaintiff appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.
The alleged malpractice occurred November 23, 1932, at the home of plaintiff’s brother in Waseca, when defendant, in treating plaintiff for pleurisy with effusion, attempted to “tap his chest.” He inserted an 18-gauge hypodermic needle posteriorly between the seventh and eighth ribs. He had succeeded in drawing off by means of a syringe about a cubic centimeter and a half of fluid from between the pleura and lungs when, due to a sudden…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Loudon v. ScottMontana Supreme Court · 1920
- Getchell v. HillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Berkholz v. BenepeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- Donoho v. RawleighCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Barnett v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Becker v. Mayo FoundationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Foxton v. WoodmanseeOregon Supreme Court · 1963
- City of Eveleth v. RubleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Yates v. GambleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
- 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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