Legal Opinion
Pauscher v. Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 17, 1987No. 86-364PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
The administrator of Becky Gay Pauscher’s estate brought this wrongful death action against the defendant hospital and doctors, alleging Becky died as a direct result of a diagnostic procedure to which she had not given her informed consent. Trial court directed a verdict for defendants on the ground plaintiff had not produced testimony from medical experts to show that reasonable medical practice would have required her to be informed of the attendant risk of death. Plaintiff has appealed. We affirm, although not on the basis of trial court’s ruling.
August 1, 1982,…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Sard v. HardyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- Giese v. SticeNebraska Supreme Court · 1997
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