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· 5/16/1984

Forsmark v. State

Citations

  • 349 N.W.2d 763
  • 1984 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1133

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • addressing a disqualification claim brought in a petition to vacate judgment under the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure
  • addressing a disqualification claim brought in a petition to vacate judgment under the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure
  • finding res ipsa loquitur inapplicable when a brain injury occurred during heart surgery
  • back surgery resulting in paralysis; \A layperson unaided by expert testimony could not say that in the ordinary course of events the injury would not have occurred if reasonable care had been used.\
  • back surgery resulting in paralysis; “A layperson unaided by expert testimony could not say that in the ordinary course of events the injury would not have occurred if reasonable care had been used.”
  • appeal based on a trial judge’s failure to disqualify himself

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Judges: Harris, McCORMICK

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