33:620:301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Intensive Care Unit, Laurium, Summary Judgment
12 Dec 2017
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Mckee brings claims of defamation against laurion in minnesota state court. Laurion moves for summary judgement for dismissal of mckee"s motion. The court of appeals reverses lower court"s dismissal. Case is brought to supreme court of minnesota seeking ruling of summary judgement. On april 17, 2010, kenneth laurion, the father of dennis laurion (laurion), was admitted to st. luke"s hospital in duluth [minnesota] after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. April 19, kenneth laurion was transferred from the intensive care unit (icu) of st. The attending physician arranged for dr. [david] mckee, a neurologist, to examine. Mckee had never met kenneth laurion before he examined him. Three family members were present in kenneth laurion"s hospital room when dr. Mckee"s examination began: laurion, his mother, and his wife. The examination lasted no longer than 20 minutes. Laurion posted the following statements regarding dr. mckee on various rate-your- doctor" websites: .
