BRETT v. WATTS

No. C5-99-492.

601 N.W.2d 199 (1999)

Melissa BRETT, Appellant, v. Dr. Alexander WATTS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied November 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd A. Crabtree, Susan J. Bowden, Stillwater, MN (for appellant).

Thomas P. Melloy, Hall & Byers, P.A., St. Cloud, MN (for respondent).

Considered and decided by LANSING, Presiding Judge, PETERSON, Judge, and AMUNDSON, Judge.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge

The district court denied Dr. Alexander Watts' motions for judgment on the pleadings, but entered summary judgment against Melissa Brett's claims for sexual abuse. The court concluded that Brett failed to produce evidence of "severe mental anguish," as a component of personal injury, under Minn.Stat. § 609.341, subd. 8 (1998). We affirm the district court's denial of judgment on the pleadings, but because proof of "severe mental...

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