BECKMAN v. MAYO FOUNDATION

No. 85-5369.

804 F.2d 435 (1986)

Paul BECKMAN, guardian of Phyllis Beckman, an incompetent, Appellant, v. MAYO FOUNDATION, a non-profit corporation, Robert C. Hermann, M.D., Dennis G. Gruwell, M.D., and Earl T. Carter, M.D., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester F. Murphy, East Chicago, Ind., for appellant.

James H. O'Hagan, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and REGAN, Senior District Judge.


REGAN, Senior District Judge.

After a trial to a jury, plaintiff Paul Beckman, as guardian of Phyllis Beckman, appeals from the judgment of the jury that the plaintiff did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendants were negligent. We affirm the judgment in the district court.

Phyllis Beckman attended the Mayo Clinic on December 30, 1975, complaining of headaches of a varied severity which had been bothering her during the previous month...

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