Schneider v. Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
Janet Schneider, Individually and as Executor for the Estate of Richard C. Schneider, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant
vs.
Accelecare Wound Professionals, LLC, Alegent Health-Bergan Mercy Health System d/v/a CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, Oakland Healthcare Management, LLC, d/b/a Oakland Manor, Midwest Geriatric Management, LLC, d/b/a MGM Healthcare d/b/a Oakland Manor, and Gregory V. Stanislav, MD, Defendants-Appellees.
Attorney for Appellant
Christopher P. Welsh
Attorney for Appellee Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital d/b/a Methodist Jennie Edmundson and Physicians Clinic, Inc.
Frederick T. Harris and Aaron J. Redinbaugh
Attorney for Appellee Bergan Mercy Health System d/b/a CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Patrick G. Vipond and Tiffany S. Boutcher
Attorney for Oakland Healthcare Management, LLC, d/b/a Oakland Manor, Midwest Geriatric Management, LLC, d/b/a MGM Healthcare d/b/a Oakland Manor
Scott Wormsley and Blake R. Hanson
Attorney for Gregory V. Stanislav, MD and Accelecare Wound Professionals, LLC
Robert M. Slovek
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, Craig M. Dreismeier, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and Ahlers, JJ. Opinion by Vaitheswaran, P.J. (7 pages)
Janet Schneider appeals the district court’s orders denying her request for an extension of time to file an expert witness certificate of merit affidavit pursuant to Iowa Code section 147.140 (2018) and dismissing her personal injury and wrongful death action arising from the death of her husband following his treatment by the defendant medical providers. OPINION HOLDS: We affirm the district court’s order.