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LAGERPUSCH v. LINDLEY

No. 50606.

115 N.W.2d 207 (1962)

Horace H. LAGERPUSCH, Administrator of the Estate of Gladys Lagerpusch, Deceased, Appellant, v. E. L. LINDLEY, Appellee, St. Lukes Methodist Hospital, Inc., a Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 8, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messer & Cahill and Jay H. Honohan, Iowa City, for appellant.

Barnes, Wadsworth, Elderkin, Locher & Pirnie, and John D. Randall, Cedar Rapids, for appellee, E. L. Lindley.

Simmons, Perrine, Albright, Ellwood & Neff, Cedar Rapids, for appellee, St. Lukes Methodist Hospital, Inc.

PETERSON, Justice.

This is an action by plaintiff for $150,000 damages because of the death of his wife through alleged negligence by defendants. The petition alleged in Count I that defendants were negligent in diagnosing and treating plaintiff's wife, and because of this negligence she died. In Counts II and III the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is invoked against defendants. After plaintiff complied with a motion for more specific statement, defendants filed motion...

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