ST. JOHN v. PETERSON

No. 26456.

837 N.W.2d 394 (2013)

2013 S.D. 67

Lita ST. JOHN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Linda PETERSON, M.D., Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided September 4, 2013.

Reassigned July 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Sannes , David A. Geyer of Delaney, Nielsen & Sannes, PC, Webster, South Dakota, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.

Reed Rasmussen of Siegal, Barnett & Schutz, LLP, Aberdeen, South Dakota, Attorneys for defendant and appellee.


SEVERSON, Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] In the first appeal of this medical malpractice suit, we reversed and remanded a judgment for the defendant, Dr. Linda Peterson, holding that the trial court abused its discretion when it misconstrued the rules of evidence on the relevancy and admissibility of plaintiff Lita St. John's proffered evidence. St. John v. Peterson (St. John I), 2011 S.D. 58, 804 N.W.2d 71. On remand...

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