Legal Opinion
Ahrenholz v. Hennepin County
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 8, 1980No. 50412, 50605PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
A Hennepin County jury awarded damages of $428,000 to the plaintiffs in this case for the wrongful death of their one-month-old infant son, Nicholas, due to the admit ted negligence of the Hennepin County Medical Center. The district court denied Hennepin County’s motion for a new trial but reduced the verdict to $100,000 plus costs. Both plaintiffs and defendants appeal. We affirm.
The following legal issues are raised by the appeal:(1) whether the plaintiffs are estopped from obtaining more than $106,432 by failure to amend the prayer for relief in their complaint;(2) whether…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Christy v. SalitermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- Busch v. Busch Construction, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Fussner v. AndertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- Ahlstrom v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Thill v. Modern Erecting CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Snyder v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
- Clark v. RossCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1985
- DeRemer v. Pacific Intermountain Express Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
- Hawkinson v. GeyerCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
- Hanson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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