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COCKERTON v. MERCY HOSP. MEDICAL CENTER

No. 91-1316.

490 N.W.2d 856 (1992)

Julie COCKERTON, Appellee, v. MERCY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

July 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Hilmes of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Finley, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Ben Doran and Kirke C. Quinn of Courter, Quinn, Doran & Anderson, Boone, for appellee.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and DONIELSON and SACKETT, JJ.

DONIELSON, Judge.

Julie Cockerton, age twenty-six, was admitted to Mercy Hospital Medical Center on June 23, 1987, for the purpose of surgery to correct a problem of Julie's open bite. Her back teeth meshed, but her front teeth did not meet. The four and one-half hour surgery was performed by John A. Maletta, D.D.S. In surgery, Dr. Maletta moved Julie's upper jaw up and her lower jaw forward. He indicated there were no...

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