Dan F. Thompson v. C. Walton Lillehei, Geraldine B. Thompson v. C. Walton Lillehei

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This diversity litigation, filled with human drama, has its genesis in an attempt to perform open heart surgery upon Leslie Ann Thompson, the minor daughter of Dan F. Thompson and Ger aldine B. Thompson 1 who were the unsuccessful plaintiffs in the trial court.

These actions were commenced against the University of Minnesota, its Board of Regents and six medical doctors, who are or were members of the faculty of the University of Minnesota Medical School. Mr. Thompson seeks to recover $300,000 and Mrs. Thompson $250,000, as compensation for damages allegedly sustained as…