Supreme Court of Iowa

S.K., a legally incapacitated Minor by and through his Conservator, Thomas T. Tarbox v. Obstetric & Gynecologic…

November 8, 2024

Summary

The court reversed the medical-malpractice judgment and remanded for a new trial because the district court improperly admitted the vacuum-device package insert as substantive hearsay. The insert’s warnings did not qualify under either the residual exception or the market-reports exception, and the plaintiff failed to overcome the resulting presumption of prejudice. The court did not reach the clinic’s remaining appellate arguments.