· 1/20/1993
Peters Ex Rel. Peters v. Vander Kooi
Citations
- 494 N.W.2d 708
- 1993 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 23
- 1993 WL 8845
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- setting out the elements that must be shown by substantial evidence to give the instruction
- disapproving instructions addressing standard of care in terms of \honest error of judgment\ as wrongful comments on evidence
- mistake in treatment and mistake in diagnosis instructions in a medical malpractice case amounted to comments on the evidence
- \The submission of instructions upon issues that have no support in the evidence is error.\
- “The submission of instructions upon issues that have no support in the evidence is error.”
- instructions by the court that comment \on potential factual scenarios in which a standard of care may or may not have been adhered to\ are impermissible comments on the evidence
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Judges: Harris, Carter, Lavorato, Neuman, Snell
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