WILLIAMS v. WADSWORTH

No. C3-92-550.

490 N.W.2d 426 (1992)

Helen WILLIAMS, as Trustee for the Heirs of Teddy Miller Vetaw, Deceased, Appellant, v. Deborah WADSWORTH, Robert A. Ulstrom, Respondents, The University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted October 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Moskal, Sharon L. Van Dyck, Schwebel, Goetz, Sieben & Moskal, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Kathryn H. Davis, Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, Minneapolis, for respondent Wadsworth.

Daniel J. Bresnahan, Bloomington, for respondent Ulstrom.

Considered and decided by DAVIES, P.J., and LANSING and NORTON, JJ.


OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

Appellant challenges summary judgment in favor of respondent physicians dismissing her claims for negligent treatment and negligent non-disclosure of the risk. We reverse.

FACTS

Appellant Helen Williams brought this action as trustee for the heirs of her late son, Teddy Miller Vetaw. Vetaw was sixteen years old when he died on November 4, 1988 from complications of a lymphangiogram, a diagnostic procedure ordered...

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