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WILKINS v. MARSHALLTOWN MED. & SUR. CENTER

No. 06-0641.

758 N.W.2d 232 (2008)

Marti WILKINS, as Executor of the Estate of Jerald C. Wilkins, Appellant, v. MARSHALLTOWN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CENTER, Eric J. Stenberg, D.O., David L. Thomas, M.D., Lance M. Van Gundy, M.D., and McFarland Clinic, P.C., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erik A. Luthens of Luthens Law Offices, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Hayward L. Draper and John T. Clendenin of Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center.

Steven K. Scharnberg and Thomas J. Joensen of Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, Craig, Hilmes & Gaffney, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees Stenberg, Thomas, Van Gundy, and McFarland Clinic.

APPEL, Justice.

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