MEAD v. ADRIAN

No. 01-1858.

670 N.W.2d 174 (2003)

Patricia MEAD, as Executor of the Estate of Lucille Humpal, Appellant, v. Burton ADRIAN, M.D. and Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation d/b/a Integra Health, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Baker and John L. Riccolo of Riccolo & Baker, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Gregory M. Lederer and James A. Gerk of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees.


CARTER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a new trial in a medical malpractice action, which resulted in a substantial verdict for the patient's personal representative. The plaintiff is Patricia Mead, executor of the estate of Lucille Humpal, deceased. The defendant is Dr. Burton Adrian.1

The grant of a new trial was posited on two grounds: inconsistency in allowing the jury to award both wrongful-death damages and...

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