Hansen v. Central Iowa Hospital Corp.

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

In this medical negligence case, Marlys Hansen sued Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, d/b/a Iowa Methodist Medical Center (IMMC), for injuries and damages she allegedly received in a fall while a patient at the hospital. Her husband, Tom Hansen, joined in the suit, claiming loss of consortium. The district court disallowed testimony from Marlys’s treating physician because the Hansens did not designate him as an expert pursuant to Iowa Code section 668.11 (2003). A jury found IMMC negligent but denied any damages because it also found that such negligence was not a…