DOE v. CENTRAL IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM

No. 07-1017.

766 N.W.2d 787 (2009)

John DOE, Appellant, v. CENTRAL IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM d/b/a Iowa Health Des Moines d/b/a Iowa Methodist Medical Center and d/b/a Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen R. Jensen and Jeffrey L. Goodman of Goodman & Associates, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Frank B. Harty, Thomas W. Foley, and Hannah M. Rogers of Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.


WIGGINS, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide whether the district court was correct when it granted the defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Because the plaintiff failed to produce sufficient evidence to support his claim that the disclosures of his mental health records were the cause of his emotional distress, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. Prior Proceedings.

John Doe, an employee of Central Iowa Health...

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