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ENGLE v. HENNEPIN COUNTY

No. C4-87-557.

412 N.W.2d 364 (1987)

Julie ENGLE, Trustee for the next of kin of Lawrence B. Engle, Respondent, v. HENNEPIN COUNTY, d.b.a. Hennepin County Medical Center, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied November 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., George H. Elwell, Sr. Asst. Co. Atty., Minneapolis, for appellants.

Thomas F. Van Horn, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by SEDGWICK, P.J., and LANSING and MULALLY, JJ.

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

Lawrence Engle was killed when his car rammed a retaining wall at the Metropolitan Medical Center in Minneapolis on February 1, 1984. Engle's trustee sued Hennepin County Medical Center and certain employees of the center, alleging the medical center's negligence caused Lawrence's death. The medical center moved for summary judgment on the basis of immunity granted under either the Minnesota Commitment Act, Minn.Stat. § 253B...

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