THOMPSON v. LILLEHEI

Civ. Nos. 5538, 5539.

164 F.Supp. 716 (1958)

Dan S. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. C. Walton LILLEHEI, Richard Varco, Herbert Warden, Earl Schultz, Joseph Buckley, James Matthews, University of Minnesota, and The Regents of the University of Minnesota, Defendants. Geraldine B. THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. C. Walton LILLEHEI et al., Defendants.

United States District Court D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

September 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Peterson, Edward Kenneally, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs.

William B. Randall, St. Paul, Minn., Harold J. Carroll, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Buckley.

Hyman Edelman, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Warden.

Frank Janes, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Varco.

B. B. Markham, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Lillehei.


DEVITT, District Judge.

This is an action for malpractice against the University of Minnesota, its Board of Regents, and six medical doctors, all members or former members of the University of Minnesota Medical School faculty. The plaintiff, Geraldine Thompson, suffered injuries to her person allegedly as the result of negligence in the performance of certain medical procedures. She and her husband, the other plaintiff, sue to recover damages. There is diversity of...

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