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CHAVEZ v. PARKVIEW

No. 00CA739.

32 P.3d 609 (2001)

Elsie Bernice CHAVEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PARKVIEW EPISCOPAL MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

June 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee N. Sternal, P.C., Lee N. Sternal, Pueblo, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Pryor Johnson Montoya Carney & Karr, P.C., Elizabeth C. Moran, Englewood, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Salmon, Lampert & Clor, P.C., Brian J. Lampert, Englewood, CO, for Amicus Curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.

Opinion by Chief Judge HUME.

Defendant, Parkview Episcopal Medical Center (Parkview), appeals the judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Elsie Bernice Chavez, on her negligence claim against Parkview. We affirm.

Plaintiff received an over-infusion of Demerol, a narcotic, following shoulder surgery at Parkview in 1995. The over-infusion occurred when the Demerol escaped from the syringe in a Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pump, an apparatus...

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