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PALMER v. WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASS'N

No. 91-155.

485 N.W.2d 93 (1992)

Susan L. PALMER, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, an Iowa Corporation, d/b/a Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and James Friel and David Holcomb, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

February 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Douglas and David A. Blagg of Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas, Omaha, Neb., and Richard M. Crotty, Council Bluffs, for defendant-appellant/cross-appellee.

Lyle A. Rodenburg, Council Bluffs, for plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and SCHLEGEL and HABHAB, JJ., but decided en banc.

HABHAB, Justice.

Susan Palmer was employed as a registered nurse at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital (hospital) in Council Bluffs. She allegedly gave improper emergency care to a sixteen-week fetus born in the hospital's outpatient restroom. After Palmer turned the fetus over to others, the fetus was found to be alive and was given medical attention. However, death followed.

As a result of this incident, the hospital...

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