Iowa High Court Revives Heart Surgery Consent Claims

By John Petrick (June 15, 2018, 6:52 PM EDT) -- The Supreme Court of Iowa on Friday revived informed consent claims in the negligence case of a man who had heart surgery that led to a transplant, finding the lower court shouldn't have prevented the patient from pursuing claims the doctor lacked experience and didn't warn him about the operation's dangers....

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