Tappe Ex Rel. Tappe v. Iowa Methodist Medical Center

NEUMAN, Justice.

Vera Tappe suffered a paralyzing stroke while undergoing cardiac bypass surgery. In his capacity as her guardian, Vera’s husband Albert 1 brought this suit against the cardiologist, defendant David K. Lemon; the surgeons, defendants Ronald K. Grooters and Hooshang Soltanzadeh; the perfusionist, 2 defendant John Vandehaar; the hospital, defendant Iowa Methodist Medical Center; and the manufacturer of the perfusion equipment, Shiley, Inc. 3 Plaintiff pleaded both specific acts of negligence and the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to sustain his claim of medical malpractice against…