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PLUTSHACK v. UNIVERSITY OF MINN. HOSPITALS

No. 51087.

316 N.W.2d 1 (1982)

Robert Drazkowski PLUTSHACK, by his natural parent and natural guardian, Christine Drazkowski Plutshack and Christine Drazkowski Plutshack, individually, Appellants, v. The UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HOSPITALS, et al., Respondents, Dr. William Woods, Respondent, Dr. Kenneth Swaiman, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Tierney and Peter Krieser, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Geraghty, O'Loughlin & Kenney and James Kenney, St. Paul, for the U. of Mn. Hospitals, et al.

Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan and Mary Jeanne Coyne, Minneapolis, for Dr. Woods.

Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart & Mullin and Greer Lockhart and John Anderson, Minneapolis, for Dr. Swaiman.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs Robert Plutshack, a minor, and Christine Plutshack, his mother, brought this medical malpractice action against defendants Kenneth Swaiman, M.D., William Woods, M.D., Deborah Oleson, R.N., and the University of Minnesota Hospitals. Plaintiffs sought damages upon the allegations that defendants negligently cared for Robert Plutshack and performed certain lumbar punctures upon him without Christine Plutshack's actual or informed consent...

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