Brown v. Dahl

Lindell L. Brown and his wife, Edith, appeal from a jury verdict for the defendants in a medical malpractice case and the trial court's dismissal of their informed consent claim for relief. The issues on appeal are whether (1) the court erred by dismissing plaintiffs' informed consent claim for relief; (2) the court improperly instructed as to the standard of care for health care providers; (3) the court's instructions as a whole overemphasized defendants' theory of the case; and (4) the court erred by refusing to instruct on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. We reverse and remand.

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