State Supreme Court / Minn.

Cornfeldt v. Tongen

Decided December 30, 1977. Fallon Kelly wrote the opinion for the court.

262 N.W.2d 684 · Cited 117 times

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Swanson Ex Rel. Swanson v. Chatterton · 160 N.W.2d 662
Cobbs v. Grant · 502 P.2d 1
Anderson v. Florence · 181 N.W.2d 873
Christy v. Saliterman · 179 N.W.2d 288
Mulder v. Parke Davis & Company · 181 N.W.2d 882
Wilkinson v. Vesey · 295 A.2d 676
Sinz v. Owens · 33 Cal. 2d 749
Scaria v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance · 227 N.W.2d 647
Manion v. Tweedy · 257 Minn. 59
Fick v. Wolfinger · 198 N.W.2d 146
Larson v. Belzer Clinic · 195 N.W.2d 416
Boland v. Garber · 257 N.W.2d 384
Schloendorff v. Society of the New York Hospital · 105 N.E. 92
Woods v. Brumlop · 377 P.2d 520
Boutang v. Twin City Motor Bus Co. · 248 Minn. 240
Bly v. Rhoads · 216 Va. 645
Funke v. Fieldman · 512 P.2d 539
Shetter v. Rochelle · 409 P.2d 74
Genzel v. Halvorson · 248 Minn. 527
Small v. Gifford Memorial Hospital · 349 A.2d 703
Todd v. Eitel Hospital · 237 N.W.2d 357
E. H. Renner & Sons, Inc. v. Primus · 203 N.W.2d 832
Hoffman v. Naslund · 144 N.W.2d 580
Eilola v. Oliver Iron Mining Co. · 275 N.W. 408
Lhotka v. Larson · 238 N.W.2d 870

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