Van Iperen v. Van Bramer

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiffs, John H. Van Iperen and Shirley M. Van Iperen, appeal from judgments entered following a jury trial of a medical malpractice case. The district court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, at the conclusion of plaintiffs’ evidence. The case was submitted to the jury against the defendants, Edward L. Van Bramer, M.D. and Liem-Som Oei, M.D., on theories of (a) failure to obtain the informed consent of plaintiff, John H. Van Iperen, with regard to the initiation of a program of drug therapy involving medications which had…