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SANDER v. GEIB, ELSTON, FROST PRO. ASS'N

Nos. 17763, 17769, 17803, 17804, 17811, 17818.

506 N.W.2d 107 (1993)

Timothy J. SANDER and Rebecca Lee Holloway, Co-Executors of the Estate of Kimberlee J. Sander, Deceased, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. The GEIB, ELSTON, FROST PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION d/b/a Clinical Laboratory of the Black Hills; J.A. Rud, M.D., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen H. Johnson of Johnson Huffman P.C., Rapid City, SD, Timothy J. Vander Heide of Bakewell, Hauge & Vander Heide, Custer, SD, for plaintiffs and appellants.

William G. Porter and Lonnie Braun of Costello, Porter, Hill, Heisterkamp & Bushnell, Rapid City, SD, for defendants and appellants.

Mark Barnett, Atty. Gen., Sherri Sundem Wald, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, SD, for amicus curiae State of S.D.

Gary D. Jensen of Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, Rapid City, SD, for amicus curiae South Dakota Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

This case arises out of a medical malpractice action initiated by Kimberlee Sander (Kim) against a clinical laboratory and certain of its employees. A jury found against the defendants and awarded damages of $3.7 million, which the parties had stipulated should be entered only against the laboratory, a professional association under South Dakota law. The trial court applied SDCL 21-3-11, which places a cap on the medical malpractice damages...

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