DECOOK v. OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

No. A14-1180.

875 N.W.2d 263 (2016)

Jennifer L. DeCOOK, et al., Respondents/Cross-Appellants, v. OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Brenda J. Hanson, R.N., and Darlene M. Pratt, R.N., Appellants/Cross-Respondents, Kenneth M. Palmer, M.D., Jack F. Perrone, M.D., Kimberly McKeon, M.D., and Ashley Morrow, R.N., Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Nord Hunt , Lommen Abdo, PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Patrick A. Thronson , Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for respondents/cross-appellants.

Mark A. Solheim , Paula Duggan Vraa , Margaret Jennings Meier , Larson King LLP, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellants/cross-respondents and cross-respondent Morrow.

Douglas S. Knott , Samuel J. Leib , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin for cross-respondent Palmer.

Robert G. Benner , Dunlap & Seeger, P.A., Rochester, Minnesota, and Peter G. Syregelas , Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago, Illinois, for cross-respondents Perrone and McKeon.

Mark R. Bradford , Frank Aba-Onu , Bassford Remele, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association.


OPINION

In this appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss for insufficiency of process, we consider the question of whether a summons and complaint signed by an attorney licensed outside the state of Minnesota are legal nullities, or whether the defective signature may be cured. In the related conditional cross...

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