Supreme Court of Iowa· 9/19/1973

Wiles v. Myerly

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210 N.W.2d 619

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noting that “[i]nfliction of a burn on the patient’s buttocks is not a normal or usual result” from surgery for correction of a vascular circulatory problem “if due care is exercised in the performance of the operation”
unusual injury to a healthy part of the body not within the area of surgery
patient came out of vascular operation with a part of his body burned that was not within the area of the operation
vascular operation — burned buttocks; “Knowledge and experience teaches us that in the ordinary course of events one undergoing surgery does not sustain an unusual injury to a healthy part of his body not within the area of the operation in the absence of negligence.”
discussing Rule 1.721-1.729, Iowa R. Civ. P.

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Judges: Moore, Mason, Rees, Reynoldson, Harris

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