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WILLIAMS v. HEDICAN

No. 95-2172.

561 N.W.2d 817 (1997)

Melissa WILLIAMS and Adam Williams, Individually and as Next Friend of Maxwell Williams, a Minor, Appellants, v. Robert E. HEDICAN and Ob-Gyn Specialists, P.C., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected April 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Riley and Mark E. Liabo of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for Appellants.

Glenn Goodwin and Steven Scharnberg of Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, May & Craig, P.C., Des Moines, for Appellees.

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

LAVORATO, Justice.

Melissa and Adam Williams brought this medical malpractice action against Robert E. Hedican and Ob-Gyn Specialists, P.C. They alleged that the defendants negligently failed to treat Melissa for chicken pox while she was pregnant and as a result her child was born blind in one eye. In a pretrial ruling, the district court excluded expert testimony on causation from the plaintiffs' medical expert. The court concluded the testimony lacked a sufficient...

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