Asher v. Ob-Gyn Specialists, P.C.

APPEL, Justice.

In this professional negligence action, we consider whether the district court committed reversible error by providing the jury with a causation instruction based upon the Restatement (Second) of Torts rather than an instruction based upon the Restatement (Third) of Torts, as adopted by this court in Thompson v. Kaczinski 774 N.W.2d 829, 839 (Iowa 2009). We also consider whether substantial evidence supported submission of two specifications of negligence to the jury, one based on a physician’s use of a vacuum extractor during the delivery of a baby and another based on the…