Stickleman v. Synhorst

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that no expert testimony was required on causation where evidence showed that patient began bleeding profusely from the neck after doctor inserted needle into the throat, apparently missing the intended mark and hitting a blood vessel
• finding an expert was not required to establish causation when a physician incorrectly inserted a needle into patient’s throat causing profuse bleeding
• finding it to be within the realm of common layperson knowledge that one can suffer serious blood loss due to a puncture wound to the neck
• finding it to be within the realm of common layperson knowledge that one can suffer serious blood loss due to a puncture wound to the neck
• doctor admitted that he made a mistake by missing trachea and puncturing throat with a hypodermic needle
• doctor admitted that he made a mistake by missing trachea and puncturing throat with a hypodermic needle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bradshaw v. Iowa Methodist Hospital
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1960-02-09· cited 100×
• Baker v. Beal
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-01-22· cited 61×
• Grosjean v. Spencer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-02-08· cited 59×
• Shinofield v. Curtis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1954-10-19· cited 51×
• Halligan v. Cotton
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1975-03-20· cited 47×
• Killingsworth v. Poon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-07-15· cited 43×
• Asher v. Ob-Gyn Specialists, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-05-09· cited 40×
• Doe v. CENTRAL IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2009-05-15· cited 35×
• Welte v. Bello
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-03-18· cited 25×
• Anderson v. Bristol, Inc.
  S.D. Iowa· 2013-03-25· cited 22×
• Volkswagen Iowa City, Inc. v. Scott's Incorporated
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-03-11· cited 20×
• American Mutual Liability Insurance v. State Automobile Insurance Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1955-09-20· cited 18×
• Daiker v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1958-07-28· cited 17×
• John Rooff & Sons, Inc. v. Winterbottom
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1957-11-12· cited 16×
• Shepherd v. McGinnis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1964-11-17· cited 16×
• Dougherty v. City of Sioux
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1954-09-21· cited 14×
• Wooten v. Curry
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1961-09-08· cited 12×
• Larrimore v. Homeopathic Hospital Ass'n of Del.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1961-12-01· cited 8×
• Jean Bryant v. John Rankin, William Harper, Jean Bryant v. John Rankin
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-10-19· cited 7×
• Walden Ex Rel. Walden v. United States Steel Corp.
  N.D. Alabama· 1983-07-25· cited 6×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wilson v. Corbin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1950-03-07· cited 53×
• McGulpin v. Bessmer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1950-06-13· cited 38×
• Woronka v. Sewall
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-11-04· cited 34×
• Gross v. Hocker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1952-02-05· cited 22×
• Cable v. Fullerton Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1951-10-16· cited 14×