MADSEN v. PARK NICOLLET MEDICAL CENTER

Nos. C1-87-1150, C0-87-1639.

431 N.W.2d 855 (1988)

Peter M. MADSEN, individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Justin R. Madsen, Respondent, v. PARK NICOLLET MEDICAL CENTER, Park Region, f.k.a. St. Louis Park Medical Center, et al., petitioners, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Salmon, Thomas L. Adams, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Lee R. Bissonnette, Jeffrey W. Lambert, Wayzata, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLEY, Justice.

The primary issue this appeal presents is whether the negligent nondisclosure rule, which had its genesis in Cornfeldt v. Tongen, 262 N.W.2d 684 (Minn.1977), is applicable in a medical malpractice case in which the claim of negligent nondisclosure is based on the alleged failure of the attending physician to inform the patient of the availability of additional...

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