Lunsford v. Laboratory Corp. of America

MlKELL, Judge.

Ann and William Lunsford filed an action against Laboratory Corporation of America (“LabCorp”) alleging that one of LabCorp’s employees negligently placed a needle in Ann Lunsford’s arm to draw blood, which resulted in a permanent injury to her median nerve. A Cobb County jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant. In their sole enumeration of error on appeal, the Lunsfords argue that the trial court erred by admitting and sending back to the jury room a page of notes from Ann Lunsford’s medical record. “Admission of evidence is ‘committed to the sound discretion of the…