KINIKIN v. HEUPEL

Nos. 51313, 51337.

305 N.W.2d 589 (1981)

Harriet KINIKIN, Respondent, v. Herman W. HEUPEL, M. D., Appellant, Metropolitan Medical Center, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, James F. Roegge and Robert M. Frazee, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Rischmiller, Wasche & Kniffel and Robert Wm. Rischmiller, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


SIMONETT, Justice.

In this medical malpractice case the jury found the defendant surgeon was not negligent in the care and treatment of plaintiff, but that the doctor was liable for battery and negligent nondisclosure of surgical risks. Damages of $600,000 were awarded.

Defendant doctor appeals both from the trial court's order denying his post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial and from the final judgment. We affirm.

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