Alan Andersen v. Sohit Khanna and Iowa Heart Center

WIGGINS, Justice.

A patient and his family brought a medical negligence action against a physician and the physician's employer. They alleged specific negligence and the failure of the physician to obtain informed consent. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the claim of informed consent based on the physician's failure to disclose his lack of training and experience in performing the particular procedure. During trial, the court refused to allow the plaintiffs to proceed with their informed-consent claim based on the physician's failure to disclose the…