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MOHAMMED v. OTOADESE

No. 05-1670.

738 N.W.2d 628 (2007)

Sharon MOHAMMED and Doris Whigham Curry, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Jerry Whigham, Appellants, v. E. Anthony OTOADESE, M.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Raymond Walton of Beecher Law Offices, Waterloo, for appellants.

Jennifer E. Rinden, Connie Alt, and Sarah J. Gayer of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

STREIT, Justice.

Following a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case, the estate of Jerry Whigham sought a new trial claiming it was prejudiced by the erroneous admission of certain evidence. The court of appeals granted a new trial based on testimony concerning Whigham's prior lawsuit against Hy-Vee for a slip-and-fall injury. Although the testimony should not have been admitted, we vacate the decision of the court of appeals because we find the evidence was...

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