SHIELDS v. CARNAHAN

No. 86-312.

744 P.2d 1115 (1987)

Kari Lou SHIELDS, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. Robert C. CARNAHAN, M.D., Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Messenger and Ronald P. Jurovich of Messenger & Jurovich, Thermopolis; and Carl V. Crow, Houston, Tex., for appellant (plaintiff).

Carl L. Lathrop and Peter K. Michael of Lathrop & Uchner, P.C., Cheyenne, for appellee (defendant).

Before BROWN, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and MACY, JJ.


BROWN, Chief Justice.

This case is a medical malpractice action. Appellant Kari Lou Shields, alleged that appellee Robert C. Carnahan, M.D., failed to properly treat and advise her after she was injured in an automobile accident. After a jury trial, the trial court entered judgment on the verdict for appellee. Before and after the judgment, appellant filed motions for a new trial, contending that prejudicial evidence was allowed to go to the jury in spite of an order...

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