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MARTINMAAS v. ENGELMANN

Nos. 20953-20955.

612 N.W.2d 600 (2000)

2000 SD 85

Audra K. MARTINMAAS, n/k/a Audra Martinmaas Sparks, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Gary ENGELMANN, Defendant and Appellant. Nancy and Greg Froning, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Gary Engelmann, Defendant and Appellant. Natalie and Brian Bertsch, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Gary Engelmann, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Russell Janklow, Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. of Johnson, Heidepriem, Miner, Marlow, and Janklow, Sioux Falls, SD, and Sheila S. Woodward of Johnson, Heidepriem, Miner, Marlow, and Janklow, Yankton, SD, Attorneys for plaintiffs and appellees.

Reed Rasmussen of Siegel, Barnett and Schutz, Aberdeen, SD, Attorneys for defendant and appellant.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this appeal we affirm jury verdicts in three consolidated medical malpractice actions against a former physician. We hold that for tort liability purposes, sexual misconduct falls within the definition of malpractice. We also see no error in the consolidation of these actions, in permitting access to hearing transcripts on defendant's application for re-issuance of a medical license, or in permitting comments that defendant was...

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