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Iowa Nursing Home Cited For Violations Related To Failing To Treat Resident Who Fell And Suffered Fractures And Serious Head Bleeding

December 27, 2023

On October 3, 2023, the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals Health Facilities Division issued a Citation to Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg, Iowa in light of the following findings: Based on clinical record review, family interview, staff interviews, and facility policy review, the[...]

$6M Iowa Nursing Home Verdict Vacated Because Of Improper Evidence Admitted During Trial

August 25, 2023

$6M Iowa Nursing Home Verdict Vacated: The Court of Appeals of Iowa on June 21, 2023 vacated a $6 million verdict against a nursing home stating, “We find the prior bad acts testimony about Blakesley toward other residents from Brandt, Armstrong, Haugen, Thompson, and Morris, as well as Beck�[...]

87-Year-Old Iowa Nursing Home Resident Died Because Nurse Refused To Suction His Airway

May 19, 2023

87-Year-Old Dies Because Nurse Refused To Suction His Airway: An investigation by the State of Iowa found that an 87-year-old resident of an Iowa nursing home who had a tracheostomy and was unable to perform self-care was nonetheless able to communicate with the nursing home staff when his tracheost[...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Failed To Treat Patient’s Bacterial Blood Infection

April 24, 2023

Lawsuit Alleges Medical Center Failed To Treat Bacterial Blood Infection: An Iowa medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit filed in February 2023 by the widow of a man who died as a result of a bacterial blood infection alleges that while he was at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center (SEIRMC), [...]

Iowa Nursing Home Resident Declared Dead Found Gasping For Air At Funeral Home

March 24, 2023

Nursing Home Resident Declared Dead Found Gasping For Air At Funeral Home: A 66-year-old resident of the Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Urbandale, Iowa was declared dead by the nursing home on January 3, 2023. She was transported to a local funeral home where she was found alive and [...]

Iowa Woman Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Bowel Injury During Hysterectomy

March 6, 2023

Lawsuit For Bowel Injury During Hysterectomy: Tiffany Lunsford has filed an Iowa medical malpractice lawsuit arising out of the injuries she sustained on March 11, 2020 during a hysterectomy, ovarian cystectomy, and lymph node dissection for cervical cancer performed at University of Iowa Hospitals [...]

Iowa Enacts New Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Law

February 23, 2023

New Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Law: On February 16, 2023, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law House File 161, which limits noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases to $250,000 unless the injuries are substantial or permanent, in which case the limits are now $1 million or $2 mi[...]

Iowa Clinic Found Liable For $97.4M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict Files For Bankruptcy

January 24, 2023

Clinic Found Liable For $97.4M Birth Injury Files For Bankruptcy: An Iowa medical clinic that is facing a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice judgment has filed for bankruptcy. The Coralville clinic that was named as a defendant in an Iowa birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit that resulted i[...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics

November 21, 2022

Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics: The Iowa Insurance Division requested open and closed claim data for calendar year 2020 from licensed insurance companies pursuant to Iowa Code Section 505.27. Licensed companies who wrote medical malpractice insurance in Iowa during the period from January 1, 20[...]

Iowa Appellate Court Affirms Expert Report Required In Nursing Home Resident’s Hip Fracture Wrongful Death Case

November 13, 2022

Expert Report Required In Hip Fracture Wrongful Death Case: The Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Iowa Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated August 17, 2022 in a case involving a nursing home resident who suffered a hip fracture while being transferred into her wheelchair, “We do no[...]

Iowa Supreme Court Grants Summary Judgment For Defendant In Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

September 20, 2022

In an Iowa medical malpractice case involving the failure to diagnose kidney cancer, the Supreme Court of Iowa stated in its opinion filed on April 22, 2022, “When the underlying cause of action is one for failure to disclose a medical condition, as here, a defendant’s continued failure to d[...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics

August 30, 2022

The Iowa Insurance Division requested open and closed claim data for calendar year 2020 from licensed insurance companies pursuant to Iowa Code Section 505.27. Licensed companies who wrote medical malpractice insurance in Iowa during the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 were ask[...]

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Category: Iowa Medical Malpractice

Iowa Nursing Home Cited For Violations Related To Failing To Treat Resident Who Fell And Suffered Fractures And Serious Head Bleeding

$6M Iowa Nursing Home Verdict Vacated Because Of Improper Evidence Admitted During Trial

87-Year-Old Iowa Nursing Home Resident Died Because Nurse Refused To Suction His Airway

Iowa Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Failed To Treat Patient’s Bacterial Blood Infection

Iowa Nursing Home Resident Declared Dead Found Gasping For Air At Funeral Home

Iowa Woman Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Bowel Injury During Hysterectomy

Iowa Enacts New Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Law

Iowa Clinic Found Liable For $97.4M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict Files For Bankruptcy

Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics

Iowa Appellate Court Affirms Expert Report Required In Nursing Home Resident’s Hip Fracture Wrongful Death Case

Iowa Supreme Court Grants Summary Judgment For Defendant In Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics

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