# Offerdahl v. University of Minnesota Hospitals & Clinics

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · July 22, 1988 · 426 N.W.2d 425

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9691360

## Case

- **Full name:** Rosemary Sherlock OFFERDAHL, Et Al., Respondents, v. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, Petitioners, Appellants
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** July 22, 1988
- **Citations:** 426 N.W.2d 425; 1988 Minn. LEXIS 162; 1988 WL 74450
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Yetka
- **Judges:** Popovich, Wahl, Yetka
- **Cited by:** 329 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9691360

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the single act exception applies when plaintiff’s claim rests solely upon the University’s negligence in failing to disclose the risks and the manufacturer’s recommendations associated with insertion of an IUD
- concluding that where defendants failed to disclose risks associated with insertion of intrauterine device, claim accrued when plaintiff was hospitalized with disease caused by device

## Opinion text

YETKA, Justice
(concurring in part, dissenting in part).
I concur in the view of Justice Wahl.

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