The State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion dated September 28, 2020: “Following the death of the musician Prince, the trustee for his next of kin brought a wrongful-death action against a physician… Read More
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Minnesota Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Legal Malpractice Lawsuit Arising From Medical Malpractice Claim
The State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”), in its unpublished opinion dated April 13, 2020, held, “we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the Ruizes’ motion for continuance. While the result… Read More
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Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Physician-Patient Relationship Not Necessary For Medical Malpractice Claim
The State of Minnesota Supreme Court (“Minnesota Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on April 17, 2019 that a physician-patient relationship is not a necessary element of a claim for professional negligence (medical malpractice). A physician owes a duty… Read More
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Minnesota Appellate Court Holds Plaintiff’s Experts Were Unqualified To Render Opinions In Medical Malpractice Case
In its unreported opinion filed on May 20, 2019, the State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) overturned the jury’s $2.5 million verdict in favor of the plaintiff in her Minnesota medical malpractice case, holding that the plaintiff’s… Read More
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$8.9M Minnesota Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Midwife For Birth Injury
A Minnesota medical malpractice jury found in favor of the plaintiff on September 28, 2018 for the serious and permanent injuries suffered by her 10.5 pound baby as a result of the defendant midwife underestimating the size of the baby… Read More
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Minnesota Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Win
The Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished decision filed on May 21, 2018 that “[b]ecause no authority supports [the Minnesota medical malpractice plaintiff’s] contention that a medical malpractice defendant may not argue that the plaintiff’s… Read More
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Minnesota Nursing Home Caregiver Charged With Manslaughter For Resident’s Death
A former Minnesota nursing home caregiver has been charged criminally after a 100-year-old resident he was lifting by mechanical lift fell from a height of approximately five feet, causing multiple fractures and other injuries from which the resident died one… Read More
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Minnesota Appellate Court Establishes Firm Deadline For Medical Malpractice Expert Reports
The Minnesota Court of Appeals held in its opinion filed on April 30, 2018 that under the expert-review statute, Minn. Stat. § 145.682 (2016), plaintiffs must file an affidavit of expert identification in medical malpractice cases within 180 days of… Read More
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Minnesota Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Statute Of Limitations
The State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) ruled in its April 9, 2018 unpublished opinion that the record on appeal presented a genuine issue of material fact regarding the date the plaintiff’s medical treatment terminated, and therefore… Read More
