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Date: 02-13-2007
Case Style: Carrol Zehner v. St. Mary's Hospital
Case Number: Unknown
Judge: Unknown
Court: District Court, Mesa County, Colorado
Plaintiff's Attorney:
Laird Milburn of Dufford, Waldeck, Milburn & Krohn, L.L.P., Grand Junction, Colorado
Defendant's Attorney:
Christine Craigmile of McConnell Siderius Fleischner Houghtaling & Craigmile, LLC, Denver, Colorado
Description:
Carrol Zehner, age 38, claimed that the phlebotomist who drew her blood in 2003 did so negligently and injured her right arm is the process with the direct result that she was left with an arm that is in constant and expanding pain.
St. Mary's denied that its employee acted below the standard of care.
Outcome: Defendant's verdict.
Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown
Defendant's Experts: Unknown
Comments: Editor's Note: This case did not satisfy the OMG rule, the buzzard puke rule or the million dollar rule. It is my belief that cases that do not satisfy all three of these rules generally result in defense verdict.