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Iowa Supreme Court Rules State Has No Liability For Sexual Assault Of Nursing Home Resident

April 17, 2017

In its opinion filed on April 14, 2017, the Supreme Court of Iowa (“the Court”) held that the State of Iowa did not owe a duty of care to either the defendant nursing home or its 95-year-old nursing home resident who was sexually assaulted by a co-resident who was a sex offender with a [...]

Iowa Senate Passes Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Bill, Now Heads To Iowa House

March 22, 2017

On March 20, 2017, the Iowa Senate passed Senate File 465 by a partisan vote of 28 (all Republicans) to 21 (20 Democrats and one Independent), which now heads to the Iowa House, which imposes severe medical malpractice tort reforms in an effort to attract more physicians to Iowa. One Iowa Senator j[...]

Iowa Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Orthodontist In Dental Malpractice Case

March 6, 2017

On February 8, 2017, the Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Appellate Court”) affirmed the trial court’s granting summary judgment to the defendant orthodontist in a dental malpractice claim, finding that the Iowa dental malpractice plaintiff had failed to provide an expert opinion in supp[...]

Iowa Appellate Court Says Surgeon Did Not Have To Disclose His Inexperience

February 5, 2017

The Court of Appeals of Iowa (“Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on January 25, 2017 that the defendant heart surgeon did not have a duty owed to his patient to advise him regarding the surgeon’s lack of experience in performing the proposed surgery in order to obtain pro[...]

Hospital Pharmacy Tech Removed Fentanyl From 251 Medication Vials, Refilled Them With Water

November 12, 2016

A pharmacy tech in an Iowa hospital allegedly removed fentanyl from 252 medication vials that were placed on medication carts throughout the hospital and replaced the opioid medication with sterile water. The alleged substitutions occurred between August 26 and October 7, 2016, and may have affect[...]

Iowa Supreme Court: Adult Children’s Loss Of Consortium Claims Not Subject To Arbitration In Nursing Home Case

October 27, 2016

In its decision filed on October 21, 2016, the Supreme Court of Iowa (“Iowa Supreme Court”) held that under Iowa law, adult children’s loss-of-consortium claims are not arbitrable just because the wrongful-death action is otherwise arbitrable in a nursing home case where the nursing [...]

$3.75M Iowa Medical Malpractice Settlement Approved For Birth Injury

March 21, 2016

The State of Iowa has agreed to settle an Iowa birth injury medical malpractice claim that will pay $2.15 million to the parents of the injured child and their attorneys along with $1,000 a month paid to the child’s guardians from April 2016 through November 2028, and then $2,570 per month thr[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Cited For Harm To Three Former Mental Hospital Patients

September 26, 2015

Iowa officials decided on a cost-savings measure that closed a mental hospital and transferred five patients to a below-average rated Iowa nursing home for care. The relocation of the patients from the mental hospital to the nursing home resulted in the reduction of daily costs per patient [...]

Husband Acquitted Of Sexually Abusing His Wife In Nursing Home

April 26, 2015

In a criminal case closely followed by the nursing home industry, nursing home residents, and their spouses and families, an elderly Iowa man was acquitted on April 22, 2015 of criminal charges that he sexually abused his wife while she was a resident of a nursing home. The alleged sexual conta[...]

Iowa Supreme Court Addresses New Trial Issue Where One Medical Malpractice Defendant Assisted Ailing Juror During Trial

January 25, 2015

In its decision filed on January 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of Iowa (“Iowa Supreme Court”) addressed the issues of whether a new trial should be ordered when a physician defendant in a medical malpractice case treats an ailing juror during trial, and the need for conducting a new tri[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Negligence Case Alleges Resident Treated Like An Animal

September 9, 2014

When the daughter of a 74-year-old Iowa nursing home resident visited her mother early last month after receiving a telephone call from the nursing home the night before that her mother was restless, screaming, and they did not know what to do, she immediately heard her mother screaming from her [...]

Iowa’s Misguided Medical Malpractice Reform Efforts

April 11, 2013

The Iowa Legislature is considering bills in both its House and Senate that would “reform” its medical malpractice laws. As one example, Senate Study Bill No. 1054 would add a requirement for a certificate of merit affidavit to be filed for each expert who is expected to testify to the [...]

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