Court Opinion

ID: 9855723
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:29:47.336947+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:36:27.611251
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YETKA, Justice
(dissenting).
There was, in my opinion, adequate testimony that the X-rays should have been consulted before surgery at Fridley Medical Center. A portion of Dr. Perry’s testimony not specifically cited in the majority opinion was this:
Q. What is your opinion?
A. I think that a surgeon who is going to explore an area of the body for a foreign body ought to look at the X-rays themselves.
Of course, in this case, the doctors at the Stillwater Clinic did consult the X-rays, did locate the more than one inch-long, wedge-shaped piece of glass, and did remove it. The action speaks for itself. If Fridley Clinic had consulted the X-rays, it is reasonable to assume they too would have located the object and removed it.
Therefore, I would reverse and remand for a new trial.