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SANDHOFER v. ABBOTT-NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL

Nos. 48526, 48548.

283 N.W.2d 362 (1979)

Joseph SANDHOFER, Respondent, v. The ABBOTT-NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL, Appellant, Respondent, Keith D. Millett, M.D., et al., Respondents, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahoney, Dougherty & Mahoney and Thomas E. Dougherty, Minneapolis, for Abbott-Northwestern Hospital.

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan and O. C. Adamson II and M. J. Coyne, Minneapolis, for Millett & Schaffhausen.

Fitzgerald & Crandall and William A. Crandall, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before TODD, WAHL and KENNEDY, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

WAHL, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice action arising from the treatment of plaintiff's fractured right wrist, which allegedly resulted in the eventual loss and amputation of the forearm and hand. By special verdict, the jury sitting in Hennepin County District Court found plaintiff 10 percent negligent, defendant Abbott-Northwestern Hospital 60 percent negligent, and defendants Drs. Millett and Schaffhausen each 15 percent negligent, and assessed $325,000 in...

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