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Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Physician-Patient Relationship Not Necessary For Medical Malpractice Claim

June 9, 2019

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 of care to a third party whe[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Holds Plaintiff’s Experts Were Unqualified To Render Opinions In Medical Malpractice Case

June 4, 2019

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 experts were unq[...]

$8.9M Minnesota Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Midwife For Birth Injury

October 19, 2018

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 and allowing the mother to attempt a vaginal delivery. The nurse[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Win

August 2, 2018

The Minnesota Court of Appeals (“Minnesota Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished decision filed on May 21, 2018 that “[b]ecause no authority supports [the Minnesota medical malpractice plaintiff’s] contention that a medical malpractice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 pla[...]

Minnesota Nursing Home Caregiver Charged With Manslaughter For Resident’s Death

July 23, 2018

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 week later. The 29-year-old nursing home[...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Establishes Firm Deadline For Medical Malpractice Expert Reports

May 15, 2018

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 the “commencement of discovery.” For [...]

Minnesota Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Case Based On Statute Of Limitations

April 19, 2018

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 the district cour[...]

Minnesota Nursing Home Cited For Neglect In Resident’s Oxycodone Overdose Death

February 16, 2018

A Minnesota nursing home was cited with neglect in the death of a resident in his mid-50s who had been admitted to the Minnesota nursing home for short-term rehabilitation with diagnoses of cancer, chronic pain, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His physician ordered liquid oxycodone with i[...]

$2M Minnesota Dental Malpractice Settlement For 17-Year-Old’s Death

December 16, 2017

The parents of a 17-year-old woman who died shortly after undergoing a dental procedure in Minnesota have settled their dental malpractice claims against the oral surgeon who performed the wisdom teeth extractions on June 9, 2015, reportedly receiving just over $2 million to settle their wrongful de[...]

Minnesota Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Stillborn’s Body Sent Out With Dirty Laundry

October 22, 2017

A Minnesota medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed by the family of a stillborn baby against the hospital where the delivery of the 22-week-old baby occurred, for the alleged negligence of the hospital in failing to send the body for cremation, as was promised to the family, but rather sent the [...]

$20.6M Minnesota Medical Malpractice Verdict For Mother’s Postpartum Death

September 18, 2017

A Minnesota medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on August 28, 2017 for the death of a 30-year-old mother who had given birth to her first child in the hospital, and six days later died as a result of sepsis that was undiagnosed in the hospital’s emergency r[...]

Minnesota Nursing Home Faulted For Resident’s Scalding Death

May 14, 2017

The Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Health Facility Complaints has issued an Investigative Report finding a local Minnesota nursing home guilty of nursing home neglect because it failed to provide a safe environment and adequate supervision for a resident who wandered into the facilityR[...]

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