Case Name: Layla M. LINEGAR, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Mark LOBANOFF, M.D., and North Suburban Eye Specialists, LLP, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-07
Citations: 499 F. App'x 635
Docket Number: No. 12-2635
Parties: Layla M. LINEGAR, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Mark LOBANOFF, M.D., and North Suburban Eye Specialists, LLP, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 499
Pages: 635–636

Head Matter:
Layla M. LINEGAR, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Mark LOBANOFF, M.D., and North Suburban Eye Specialists, LLP, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-2635.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 20, 2013.
Filed: March 7, 2013.
Layla M. Linegar, Hallandale, FL, pro se.
Melissa Dosick Riethof, Cecilie Morris Loidolt, Jennifer M. Waterworth, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Layla Linegar appeals the district court's order dismissing her diversity action asserting state medical tort claims, after Linegar acknowledged that she did not have an expert witness to testify at trial. After careful review, see Schaffart v. ONEOK, Inc., 686 F.3d 461, 470 (8th Cir.2012) (grant of judgment as matter of law is reviewed de novo), we conclude that the dismissal was proper for the reasons stated by the district court, see Fabio v. Bellomo, 504 N.W.2d 758, 762 (Minn.1993) (expert-testimony requirement for medical-malpractice claim); Reinhardt v. Colton, 337 N.W.2d 88, 96 (Minn.1983) (expert-testimony requirement for negligent-nondisclosure claim). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.