SWANSON v. WILLIAMS

No. 44754.

228 N.W.2d 860 (1975)

Gunnar SWANSON, Appellant, v. John WILLIAMS, M. D., et al., Defendants, Bernard Lannin, M. D., Respondent, Eli Lilly & Co., Respondent, Midway Hospital, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 11, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin A. Holt, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Altman, Geraghty, Mulally & Weiss and J. H. Geraghty, St. Paul, for Lannin.

Faegre & Benson and G. Alan Cunningham and John H. Hinderaker, Minneapolis.

Coulter, Nelson & Sullivan and Mark Sullivan, Minneapolis, for Midway Hosp., and others.

Heard by SHERAN, C. J., and MacLAUGHLIN and CHANAK, JJ., and considered and decided by the court.


SHERAN, Chief Justice.

In this medical malpractice case plaintiff appeals from an order of the Ramsey County District Court denying his motion for a new trial. We affirm.

Plaintiff, Gunnar Swanson, was admitted to Midway Hospital in May 1969 for emergency care for a ruptured appendix. Following surgery, he was treated with drugs including Keflin and Loridine, manufactured by defendant Eli Lilly & Company. His postoperative condition deteriorated and, on...

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