HEMPEL v. FAIRVIEW HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE

No. C1-93-248.

504 N.W.2d 487 (1993)

Arleen C. HEMPEL as Trustee for the Heirs of Bruce R. Hempel, et al., Appellants, v. FAIRVIEW HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC., d/b/a Fairview Riverside Hospital, d/b/a Riverside Medical Center, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Thal, Steven C. Thal, P.A., St. Louis Park, for appellants.

John M. Degnan, Nancy Lee Nelson, Kathryn Davis, Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, P.A., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by DAVIES, P.J., and HUSPENI and HARTEN, JJ.


OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

The parents of a psychiatric patient who died when he suffered cardiac arrest during a psychiatric "take-down" procedure appeal the dismissal of their medical malpractice action; the district court dismissed the action on the basis that the affidavits of experts offered to satisfy Minn.Stat. § 145.682 (1990) were inadequate. The parents also appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment on their claims of negligent and...

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