SORENSON v. ST. PAUL RAMSEY MEDICAL CENTER

No. CX-89-504.

457 N.W.2d 188 (1990)

Therese SORENSON and the Heirs and Next of Kin of John Sorenson by their trustee, Kevin Sorenson, Respondents, v. ST. PAUL RAMSEY MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Petitioners, Rebecca Brick, Certified Nurse Midwife, possibly known as B. Birch, Petitioner, Dr. Gordon M. Ditmanson, et al., Petitioners, Appellants, Dr. John Doe, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarance E. Hagglund, Britton D. Weimer, Hagglund Law Firm, P.A., Minneapolis, for Rebecca Brick, et al.

Michael F. Barg, Geraghty, O'Loughlin & Kenney, P.A., St. Paul, for Dr. Ditmanson, et al.

Pat J. Skoglund, Thomas M. Countryman, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, for St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, et al.

William E. Jepsen, Karon, Jepsen & Daly, P.A., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

Respondents brought a medical negligence action in connection with the stillbirth of John Sorenson on September 7, 1984. The trial court granted the defendant's "summary judgment"1 motion on the grounds that plaintiffs had failed to set out, with the degree of specificity required by Minn.Stat. § 145.682, subd. 4 (1988), the proposed testimony of their expert witness. The court of appeals reversed, and the defendants...

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