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CLARK v. SISTERS OF MERCY HEALTH CORP.

No. 89-175.

458 N.W.2d 398 (1990)

John K. CLARK, as Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Marie Clark, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SISTERS OF MERCY HEALTH CORPORATION, a Michigan Corporation, d/b/a St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Clinton, Iowa; and Michael H. Vruno, M.D., Defendants, and Celia Sims, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

April 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Shepler, Davenport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert M. Bertsch, of O'Connor & Thomas, P.C., Dubuque, for defendant-appellee.

Heard by DONIELSON, P.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ., but considered en banc.

SACKETT, Judge.

We need to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing plaintiff's medical malpractice case. We find no abuse of discretion. We affirm.

In 1985 appellant John K. Clark, as Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Marie Clark, filed a medical malpractice case against defendants Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation and Michael H. Vruno. Plaintiff contended the defendants were responsible for the death of decedent, Margaret...

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