Iowa High Court Affirms Patient Was Not Prejudiced By Jury Instructions

Mealey's (March 11, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — A trial court’s refusal to clarify a jury’s question about allocation of comparative fault in proceedings against an emergency room physician did not prejudice a plaintiff who accused him of failing to timely diagnose her stroke, the Iowa Supreme Court concluded March 1, affirming the trial’s court’s denial of her motion for a new trial (Mandi Mumm v. Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital, et al., No. 17-1934, Iowa, Sup., 2019 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 12)....