ESTATE OF HAGEDORN

No. 03-1794.

690 N.W.2d 84 (2004)

The ESTATE OF Bryson HAGEDORN By Its Administrator, Dawn HAGEDORN, Dawn Hagedorn and Pete Hagedorn, Individually, Appellants, v. Jeffry PETERSON, and North Iowa Mercy Health Center, Inc. d/b/a Mercy Family Clinic-Spencer, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Galligan and Richard H. Doyle of Galligan, Doyle & Reid, P.C., Des Moines, Jim Fitzsimmons of Fitzsimmons & Vervaecke Law Firm, Mason City, and Kathleen J. Beebout of Beebout Law Firm, West Des Moines, for appellants.

Roberta M. Anderson of Schroeder & Anderson, Mason City, for appellees.


TERNUS, Justice.

This action was brought by the parents of an infant who died shortly after his premature birth. The plaintiffs claim the jury's verdict in favor of the physician who rendered prenatal care to the child's mother was contrary to the evidence and failed to render substantial justice. They also claim error in the trial court's decision to instruct the jury that the locality of the defendant's practice may be considered in determining the applicable standard...

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