PERKINS v. WALKER

No. 85-1863.

406 N.W.2d 189 (1987)

Shirley PERKINS and George Perkins, Appellants, v. John R. WALKER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Warbasse of White & Warbasse, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Gail D. Fokken and James E. Walsh, Jr. of Clark, Butler, Walsh & McGivern, Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, SCHULTZ, CARTER and NEUMAN, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this appeal the patient, who suffered a stroke following surgery, initiated a tort action against her surgeon, seeking damages. Following entry of judgment on an adverse jury verdict, plaintiff appealed, complaining that the trial court improperly instructed the jury concerning a mistake in diagnosis and treatment of a patient, although the court at plaintiff's request had limited the determination of negligence to the doctor's failure to properly...

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