Schmidt v. Intermountain Health Care, Inc.

DEE, District Judge:

Plaintiff sued defendant alleging negligence on the part of a nurse employed by defendant in performing a catheterization. Plaintiff appeals following a jury verdict for defendant. We affirm.

Plaintiff was admitted to a hospital owned and operated by defendant. Subsequent to her hysterectomy, it was necessary for her to be catheterized on a number of occasions to allow evacuation of the bladder. In the catheterization procedure, a tube is inserted through the urethra into the bladder allowing the urine in the bladder to be drained through a rubber tube into a plastic bag.…