OLLERICH v. ROTERING

No. 15767.

419 N.W.2d 548 (1988)

Michael OLLERICH and Sheila Ollerich, as Guardians of the Person and Estate of Ryan M. Ollerich, a minor child, and Michael Ollerich and Sheila Ollerich, Individually, Plaintiffs, v. Robert ROTERING and Emergency Medical Physicians, P.C., Defendants/Appellants, v. Clara JOHNSON and McKennan Hospital, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold C. Doyle, Susan E. Torgerson of May, Johnson, Doyle & Becker, P.C., Sioux Falls, for defendants/appellants.

Carleton R. Hoy, Rick W. Orr of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendants/appellees.


WUEST, Chief Justice.

Appellants Emergency Medical Physicians, P.C. (E.M.P.), appeals a judgment of indemnity in favor of McKennan Hospital. We affirm.

On September 20, 1984, Sheila Ollerich (Ollerich) took her son Ryan to the emergency room at McKennan Hospital. Ryan had virtually severed the tip of the little finger on his left hand in an accident. Dr. Robert Rotering sutured the finger and Nurse Clara Johnson applied a bandage to the finger.

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