Plutshack Ex Rel. Plutshack v. University of Minnesota Hospitals

PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs Robert Plutshack, a minor, and Christine Plutshack, his mother, brought this medical malpractice action against defendants Kenneth Swaiman, M.D., William Woods, M.D., Deborah Oleson, R.N., and the University of Minnesota Hospitals. Plaintiffs sought damages upon the allegations that defendants negligently cared for Robert Plutshack and performed certain lumbar punctures upon him without Christine Plut-shack’s actual or informed consent. At the close of plaintiffs’ case the trial court directed a verdict for each defendant. Plaintiffs appeal from the order…