Marc
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James R. Speed v. State of Iowa, 240 N.W.2d 901 (1976), changed medical malpractice law in the state of Iowa as it had been known. Cases were difficult to pursue before Speed because the injured person had to find an Iowa doctor to testify against the defendant doctor. It all changed with Speed, with the court allowing similarly trained and experienced doctors from across the country to testify as to standard of care.
James Speed was an outstanding junior college basketball player who enrolled at the University of Iowa on a full scholarship in 1970. Throughout the summer and fall, he experienced sinus infections for which he was treated by athletic department personnel. The day following Thanksgiving, Jim asked to see a dentist for a toothache. Two molars were extracted. He returned two times to the on-call oral surgeon for extreme head pain, vomiting and malaise. At the last visit he was given placebos. His coach sent him to student health. There the elderly team physician, who suffered from cataracts, examined Jim, ordered no tests, but had the impression of septicemia, brain abscess or mononucleosis. He prescribed bufferin. A few hours later, Jim had expulsive vomiting. A physician gave him medication for pain and to stop the vomiting.
Later that night, Jim found his way to a lavatory and could see his eyes were swollen almost completely shut. He asked for help. The physician on call said to the nurse, “Marie, Jim Speed has sore eyes, give him Seconal and call me tomorrow.” Jim became meningeal and totally blind. He was rushed to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for surgery where he was diagnosed with cavernous sinus thrombosis. Later, experts for Speed testified that as long as he could see light, intense antibiotic therapy would have saved his sight. After a four-week trial, Jim was awarded significant damages.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruling changed the law in Iowa in respect to expert witnesses, from the local rule to a national rule. This allowed experts from outside Iowa, similarly educated and experienced, to testify in cases in Iowa, thus opening up the area of medical malpractice.
I picked some all decade teams, and would be interested in hearing your reactions. I put together teams with at least two players who could legitimately be ...
Holst, Alan R
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Jun 20, 2005 5:06 pm
Hi, Stew and I have a coouple questions for everybody. ONE In our book, each chapter has a little feature called ³the big game, ³ and we need to pick and...
The blizzards were not myth. I assumed they were as a rebellious teen in the 60's, then kept track and gave up after a solid decade of blizzards. How did you...
Holst, Alan R
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Oct 30, 2005 11:50 pm
... Re: [mnbuckets] All Decade Teams On 10/30/05 5:50 PM, "Holst, Alan R" <holstar@...> wrote: The blizzards were not myth. The myth was simply that they...
Oh yeah, sorry, here is ther est of the story. Marc ... James R. Speed v. State of Iowa, 240 N.W.2d 901 (1976), changed medical malpractice law in the state of...
A couple of weeks ago I commented to Marc that I would be interested in all decade teams by category. This weekend I sat down and came up with some. I picked...
I¹ve been meaning to comment here but there¹s too much to address all of it. I¹ll start with just the girls high school team of the decade, and I¹m going ...
I just realized I missed Kamille Wahlin, I was debating where she would go and just left her out by way of oversight. I love Kamille Wahlin. My opinion is she...
I'm quite open to the idea that I am wrong on the girls, as I have not had a chance to see them play except for a few state tournament videos. But I...
Still, the question is how you know who was better in high school. Take Kevin McHale. Most people thought Steve Lingenfelter was better high school player at...
Then if we had all that evidence of play and knew how to rate them with a high degree of confidence, why didn't we know that McHale would be a much better pro...
... Re: [mnbuckets] Re: All Decade Teams On 4/7/09 11:07 AM, "Alan Holst" <alanholst@...> wrote: Then if we had all that evidence of play and knew how...
Well, unlike the NCAA selection committee, I don't think the very end is more important than everything that preceded it, so even if McHale was as good or even...
I will add this apropos of the girls and women. I put together the following ALL-TIME teams, which in this case means since about 1975. Minnesota High School...
Alan, you will get a lot of response on these lists for sure. One name that is missing is Jonte Flowers. ... From: Alan Holst To: mnbuckets@yahoogroups.com ...
He was the last guy I cut from the current decade. But who would you drop? The other honorable mention college players were either D2 or D3 All Americans or...
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