Medical negligence settlements
in Iowa.

Mumm came back to the emergency room in February and was eventually found by MRI to have a cerebral stroke with vertebral dissection, and was transferred to the University of Nebraska Medical Center. At trial the jury asked about fault allocation and a released party, then found the physician not negligent. The Court affirmed, noting no trial transcript had been provided to show prejudice.

In an ICU, dialysis tubing that should have been secured with a Luer lock came apart, and Garrett Baldwin went into cardiac arrest as his wife watched staff start chest compressions. He died twelve days later; the parties dispute whether the event caused his death. His widow sued the nurse and hospital, including claims for negligent retention and her own emotional distress. On the hospital’s interlocutory appeal, the Court reversed and remanded.