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SLATER v. BAKER

No. 51402.

301 N.W.2d 315 (1981)

Joyce SLATER, Appellant, v. Lowell BAKER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Gross & Aaron and Felix M. Phillips, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, William D. Flaskamp, and J. Richard Bland, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Hennepin County District Court in a medical malpractice case. The jury returned a finding by special verdict in favor of the defendant, Dr. Lowell Baker. The plaintiff appeals. We reverse and grant a new trial.

In 1975, the plaintiff, then a 55-year-old woman, was under the medical care of defendant. Since 1971 Dr. Baker has specialized in neurology and neuromuscular diseases. He initially treated the...

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