Bosse v. Quam’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 18 state decisions

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1. “In the area of medical malpractice ... this court has carved an exception to the statute of limitation[ ]. This exception prevents the statute of limitatio&s clock from ticking when the alleged harm is the result of a continuing tort. See [Wells, 391 N.W.2d 668 ]; [Alberts, 299 N.W.2d 454 ], In Wells, the court tolled the statute of limitation[ ] for torts arising out of a physician’s “continuing treatment” until the doctor-patient relationship ended. [Wells, 391 N.W.2d at 673 .] The rationale behind this doctrine was to prevent the refusal to seek or administer health care due to pending litigation when treatment may be desperately needed. [Id. at 672.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Liffengren v. Bendt · Bruske v. Hille

2. “[a]n action against a physician, surgeon, dentist, hospital, sanitarium, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, chiropractor, or other practitioner of the healing arts for malpractice, error, mistake or failure to cure, whether based upon contract or tort, can be commenced only within tivo years after the alleged malpractice, error, mistake or failure to cure shall have occurred .... (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. Hohm

3. “[w]e will affirm only when the legal questions have been correctly decided and there is no genuine issue of material fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Prairie Lakes Health Care System, Inc. v. Wookey