Legal Opinion
Bland v. Verizon Wireless, (VAW) L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2008No. 07-3010PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Racheal Bland (Bland) brings this action claiming she ingested freon after a Verizon Wireless, (VAW) L.L.C. (Verizon) employee sprayed canned air containing freon into her water bottle. Bland contends ingesting the freon caused her to suffer exercise-induced asthma. The district court 1 excluded evidence from Dr. Nancy Sprince (Dr. Sprince), Bland’s treating physician, opining the freon caused Bland’s exercise-induced asthma. The district court then granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment because, without Dr. Sprince’s testimony, Bland was unable to set forth…
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