Legal Opinion
Perin v. Hayne
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 19, 1973No. 55949PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Justice.
This is an appeal from a directed verdict for a doctor in a malpractice action. We affirm.
The claim arose from an anterior approach cervical fusion performed on plaintiff llene Perm by defendant Robert A. Hayne, a Des Moines neurosurgeon, on November 26, 1968. The fusion was successful in eliminating pain, weakness and numbness in plaintiff’s back, neck, right arm and hand caused by two protruded cervical discs, but plaintiff alleged she suffered paralysis of a vocal chord because of injury to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve during surgery. The paralyzed vocal chord…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Gray v. GrunnagleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
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3Cited by65 opinions
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