Kildahl v. Tagge

Opinion by

Judge RULAND.

This is a wrongful death action based upon alleged medical malpractice in the treatment of plaintiffs’ mother by defendants, Gordon Tagge, M.D., Merlin Otteman, M.D., and Thomas G. Chiavetta, M.D. Plaintiffs, Cherie, Susan, Donald, Anthony, and Daniel Kildahl, appeal from the judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of defendants. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

In 1988, the decedent was treated in a hospital emergency room because of pain associated with an umbilical hernia. When she was discharged, her treating physician instructed her to see a surgeon “in…