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LAMB v. NEWTON-LIVINGSTON INC.

No. 94-1613.

551 N.W.2d 333 (1996)

Mary LAMB, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Etta Lorene Lynch, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. NEWTON-LIVINGSTON INC., An Iowa Corporation, and Heritage Manor Care Center, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

May 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Joel T.S. Greer of Cartwright, Druker & Ryden, Marshalltown, for appellees.

Steven S. Zaleznick, Patricia DeMichele, Dorothy Siemon and Bruce Vignery, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Association of Retired Persons.

Thomas P. Monaghan, New Hope, Kentucky, and James E. Murphy, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for amicus curiae American Center for Law and Justice.

Heard by SACKETT, P.J., and HABHAB and HUITINK, JJ.

SACKETT, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee Mary Lamb, an adult, was awarded $400,000 for loss of parental consortium after her mother Lorene Lynch committed suicide while a resident of a nursing home owned and operated by defendants-appellees/cross-appellants Newton-Livingston Inc. and Heritage Manor Care Center. The trial judge ordered a new trial unless Mary accepted a remittitur to $100,000. Mary refused and this appeal follows. We affirm and...

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