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HUTCHINSON v. BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER

No. 88-1541.

459 N.W.2d 273 (1990)

Frances HUTCHINSON, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Billy Paul Hutchinson, Deceased; and Lena Hutchinson, As Mother and Next Friend of Melissa Perry, A Minor, Appellees, v. BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER, Stephen Harrison, and Abdul Chughtai, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for appellants Broadlawns Medical Center and Stephen Harrison.

Robert C. Rouwenhorst of Davis, Grace, Horvath, Gonnerman & Rouwenhorst, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant Abdul Chughtai.

W. Don Brittin, Jr., and Hayward L. Draper of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

Billy Paul Hutchinson died as the result of severe staph infection allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendants. A verdict for $250,000 was returned for the plaintiff estate, but a companion claim by the decedent's granddaughter for loss of consortium was dismissed by the court. Both sides appealed. We affirm on both appeals.

On January 20, 1985, Hutchinson was hospitalized at Broadlawns...

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