PRATT v. U. OF MINN. AFFILIATED HOSPITALS

No. C7-86-1806.

414 N.W.2d 399 (1987)

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

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greer E. Lockhart, Charles E. Lundberg and Donna J. Blazeric, Minneapolis, for U. of M. Affiliated Hospitals and Clinics, et al.

Laura J. Hanson and J. Richard Bland, Minneapolis, for Richard A. King.

Mark Hallberg, Minneapolis, for Jeffrey Pratt.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Jeffrey Pratt, et al. (the "Pratts") appealed from an Order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants (the "Doctors") in a negligent nondisclosure case on the grounds that the doctrine does not apply to mere diagnosis and that the Pratts lacked expert testimony on the issue of whether the Doctors departed from standard medical procedure by not informing them of conditions not diagnosed. The Pratts had originally also sued for medical...

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