Legal Opinion
Blume v. Auer
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided May 29, 1997No. 96-0175PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUITINK, Judge.
In this appeal Dorothy Blume contests the adequacy and consistency of a jury’s special verdict awarding damages for medical negligence. Because we find the.verdict is not inadequate or inconsistent, we affirm the district court’s denial of Blume’s motion for a new trial on damages.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings,
Dorothy Blume was admitted to Gutten-burg Hospital on April 2, 1991, by her physician, Dr. Andrew Smith, after she complained of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Because her complaints continued after twenty hours in the hospital, Dr. George Auer, assisted by…
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