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PRATT v. UNIV. OF MINN. AFFILIATED HOSP.

No. C7-86-1806.

403 N.W.2d 865 (1987)

Jeffrey PRATT, a minor, by his father and natural guardian, Richard PRATT, and Richard Pratt and Christine Pratt, individually, Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AFFILIATED HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, et al., Richard A. King, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 14, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Hallberg, Hvass, Weisman & King, Chartered, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Greer E. Lockhart, Donna J. Blazevic, Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart & Mullin, P.A., Minneapolis, for respondents University of Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals and Clinics and Robert Gorlin.

Laura Jean Hanson, J. Richard Bland, Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, Minneapolis, for Richard A. King.

Heard, considered and decided by HUSPENI, P.J., and FORSBERG and STONE, JJ.

OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

In this action for negligent nondisclosure in genetic counseling, the trial court granted respondents' motion for summary judgment, ruling that genetic counseling is not "treatment" within the scope of the doctrine of negligent nondisclosure, and ruling also that appellants failed to provide required expert testimony. We reverse and remand for trial.

FACTS

The third child of appellants Richard and Christine Pratt...

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