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WENDLAND v. SPARKS

No. 96-1576.

574 N.W.2d 327 (1998)

Lawrence WENDLAND, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Callie Rose Wendland, Appellant, v. Stephen SPARKS and Davis County Hospital, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Slater, Des Moines, for appellant.

Steven K. Scharnberg and Glenn Goodwin of Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, May & Craig, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Stephen Sparks.

Marion H. Pothoven and Julie B. Fisher of Pothoven, Blomgren & Stravers, Oskaloosa, for appellee Davis County Hospital.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

Callie Rose Wendland, who was suffering from several diseases, including multiple myeloma, died at the Davis County Hospital. Her estate and her husband sued the hospital and one of her treating doctors, Stephen Sparks, for failing to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) following her respiratory arrest in the hospital. The court granted summary judgment against the plaintiff on the ground that he could not establish that the failure to...

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