Joel Meyer et al v. Anne-Marie Boller, MD et al

On July 3, 2024, the jury unanimously awarded $2,000,000 in damages to the plaintiff in their medical malpractice case against St. Mary's Medical Center.

Case Background

Joel Meyer and Heather Meyer filed the Medical malpractice lawsuit on November 28, 2022, in the Minnesota State District Court of St. Louis County (Case number: 69DU-CV-22-2501). Judge Shawn L. Pearson presided over the case.

Cause

Joel Meyer, a cancer patient from Nisswa, Minnesota, underwent a complex, multiple-stage surgery at Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, beginning on July 9, 2021. Drs. Anne-Marie Boller and Ryan Groeschl, both based in Duluth, performed two of the surgical procedures. Following the completion of all thr