Kunnanz v. Edge
North Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MESCHKE, Justice.
Ernest and Alouise Kunnanz [Kunnanzes] appeal from a judgment, entered upon a jury verdict, dismissing their medical malpractice action against Dr. Stephen Edge. We reverse and remand.
On November 5, 1987, Ernest sought emergency room treatment for what was diagnosed as a kidney stone in his upper ureter. Ernest’s physician, Dr. Charles Swen-sen, sent him to Dr. Edge, a specialist in urology. Dr. Edge recommended an ureter-oseopy, a procedure that inserts an uretero-scope, an instrument resembling a small telescope, through the urethra and bladder into the ureter to remove the…
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