MOSER v. STALLINGS

No. 85-847.

387 N.W.2d 599 (1986)

Lenore E. MOSER, Appellant, v. James O. STALLINGS, M.D., and Plastic Surgery Institute, P.C., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Amended July 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Wiggins of Williams, LaMarca, Marcucci, Wiggins & Anderson, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas A. Finley and Lorraine J. May of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Finley, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ and CARTER, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this case the patient initiated a tort action against her plastic surgeon and his professional corporation seeking damages for alleged wrongs committed in elective cosmetic surgery. Originally, plaintiff commenced this action asserting multiple theories of recovery; however, at the close of evidence she narrowed her claims to battery and negligence grounded on lack of informed consent. Following defendant's motion for a directed verdict, the trial...

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