VACHON v. BROADLAWNS MEDICAL FOUNDATION

No. 91-333.

490 N.W.2d 820 (1992)

Maurice VACHON and Kathie Vachon, Appellants, v. BROADLAWNS MEDICAL FOUNDATION d/b/a Broadlawns Medical Center; Julie Wood; Thomas D. McClain; and State of Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall J. Shanks of Gallner & Gallner, P.C., Council Bluffs, and David D. Nisley, Omaha, Neb., for appellants.

David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for appellees Broadlawns and Wood.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., and Robert D. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees McClain and State.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, NEUMAN and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

The jury returned a verdict for the defendants in a medical malpractice case. On appeal, the plaintiffs urge the court's judgment should be reversed because the court submitted improper jury instructions, allowed improper expert opinion testimony, and the defendant's attorney made improper closing arguments. After careful review of the record, we affirm the district court judgment.

I. Background.

Maurice Vachon was walking...

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