Wharff v. Iowa Methodist Hospital

MASON, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an adverse ruling on his application for reinstatement of this case after it had been dismissed by operation of rule 215.1, Rules of Civil Procedure.

Susan E. Wharff, 11-year-old daughter of Geore T. Wharff, died May 25, 1968, from injuries suffered in a one-car accident on that date. An appeal from judgment notwithstanding the verdict in an earlier cause of action between this plaintiff and different defendants was affirmed on appeal by this court. See Wharff v. McBride, 183 N.W.2d 700 (Iowa 1971). This cause of action concerns alleged…