Gordon v. St. Mary's Hospital

CLARK, Judge.

Joy Gordon filed a medical malpractice suit against St. Mary’s Hospital claiming a tetanus injection given her had been improperly administered and had resulted in an infection to her right arm. The cause was submitted to a jury which returned a verdict for the defendant.

The incident of which Gordon complains occurred December 31, 1981 when Gordon appeared at the St. Mary’s emergency room for treatment of a bite wound to her finger. She was administered a tetanus toxoid injection by the emergency room nurse, Katherine Teel. By the next day, Gordon’s arm was sore and swollen and…