Becker v. Mayo Foundation

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

The adoptive parents of a child abused by her biological father sued the hospital that treated the child. The parents alleged that the hospital’s physicians failed to prevent ongoing abuse. The district court granted the hospital’s motion to strike three counts in the parents’ complaint and ruled that the parents could not introduce evidence of the hospital’s failure to report suspected child abuse to outside authorities. A jury then determined that the hospital was negligent but that this negligence was not a direct cause of the child’s injuries. The parents…