Iowa medical malpractice lawyer Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Iowa Supreme Court Rules Statute Of Limitations For Wrongful Death From Medical Malpractice Begins To Run From Date Of Injury, Not Date Of Death

April 21, 2026

On January 25, 2021, Jill Cataldo went to Ottumwa Regional Health Center for a knee replacement. She remained there after the operation for recovery. But she soon began battling a respiratory illness, and on February 2, she was diagnosed with acute hypoxic respiratory failure. That same day, her doc[...]

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[...]

$12.25M Iowa Medical Malpractice Verdict For Pathologist’s Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Due To Slide Mix Up

April 19, 2019

Earlier in April 2019, an Iowa medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $12.25 million for the plaintiffs in an Iowa medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that a pathologist mixed up the slides of tissue samples taken from the plaintiff and from a man who had prostate cancer[...]

$14M Iowa Wrongful Birth Medical Malpractice Verdict

January 16, 2019

On January 8, 2019, an Iowa medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the wrongful birth plaintiffs in the amount of $14,504,790, which included $285,000 for the mother’s emotional distress from the date of the injury to the present and $1,346,938 for her future emotional distr[...]

Iowa Patient Safety Study Reports On Iowans’ Views On Medical Errors

January 16, 2018

The Heartland Health Research Institute published in December 2017 the results of its Iowa Patient Safety Study that consisted of approximately 115 questions asked of randomly-selected Iowans about their views and experiences while interacting with Iowa healthcare providers. The study, entitled R[...]

Iowa Nursing Home Resident’s Life Valued At $8,000

November 2, 2012

When a 64-year-old woman was admitted into an Iowa nursing home, the woman’s doctor ordered that her airway be suctioned when mucous formed in her throat. The nursing home knew that without an open airway, the woman would be unable to breath and that she would die. That is just what happen[...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Jury Considers Emergency Room Negligence Claim

October 10, 2012

A medical malpractice jury in Iowa was unable to reach a decision in a medical malpractice case as of Monday, October 8, 2012. The jury deliberated for about three hours before being sent home and instructed to return to court on October 9, 2012 to continue with its deliberations. The medical malpra[...]

Iowa Medical Malpractice Claim For Birth Injuries To Mother And Child

March 21, 2012

An Iowa couple recently filed a medical malpractice claim against the State of Iowa in its capacity as the operator of a hospital in which it is alleged that various health care providers committed medical malpractice that caused injuries to the mother and her baby during the Cesarean section[...]

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