LARSEN v. YELLE

No. 46095.

246 N.W.2d 841 (1976)

Irl G. LARSEN, Appellant, v. Dr. Matthew D. YELLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rischmiller & Wasche and Robert Wm. Rischmiller, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Altman Geraghty Mulally & Weiss and Terence J. O'Loughlin, St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiff, Irl G. Larsen, sued defendant, Dr. Matthew D. Yelle, alleging that defendant was negligent in his medical treatment of a fracture of plaintiff's right wrist. At the close of plaintiff's case in chief before a jury, the district court directed a verdict for Dr. Yelle, and Larsen appealed to this court. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Larsen fell from a stack stool at his home in Anoka on Saturday, April 22, 1972, and sustained...

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