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DENTON v. CRITIKON, INC.

No. 95 CA 1602.

674 So.2d 1169 (1996)

Donita DENTON v. CRITIKON, INC., Johnson and Johnson, Inc., and Medical Center of Baton Rouge.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott T. Gegenheimer, Baton Rouge, and Edward J. Walters, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Daniel A. Reed, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SHORTESS, PARRO and KUHN, JJ.

SHORTESS, Judge.

Donita Denton (plaintiff) suffered from a skin condition called pyoderma gangrenosum. She was admitted to Medical Center of Baton Rouge, Inc. (defendant), for treatment of this condition by intravenous (IV) administration of cortico-steroids. An IV catheter with a heparin lock was inserted into her left antecubital fossa (the vein in the inner surface of the elbow) on February 15, 1989. The following day Susan A. Tarleton, a registered nurse, attempted...

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