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CAMPBELL v. DELBRIDGE

No. 02-1007.

670 N.W.2d 108 (2003)

Lester CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. Arnold DELBRIDGE and Covenant Medical Center, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 8, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas V. Coonrad, Hudson, for appellant.

Joseph L. Fitzgibbons and Ned A. Stockdale of Fitzgibbons Law Firm, Estherville, for appellee Covenant Medical Center, Inc.

Allison M. Heffern and James E. Shipman of Simmons Perrine Albright & Ellwood, PLC, Cedar Rapids, for appellee Arnold Delbridge.

Frank Santiago, Iowa City, and Donald T. Ridley, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., Patterson, NY, for amicus curiae Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.

LARSON, Justice.

Lester Campbell, a surgical patient at Waterloo's Covenant Hospital, sued the hospital and Dr. Arnold Delbridge, Campbell's treating doctor, for reinfusing Campbell's own blood following surgery. The district court dismissed the suit, and Campbell appealed. We reverse and remand.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Lester Campbell was admitted to Covenant for a total right knee arthroplasty performed by Dr. Delbridge...

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