Keefer v. C R Bard, Inc

Defendant C. R. Bard, Inc., appeals as of right a March 12, 1980, jury verdict finding it liable to plaintiff for damages of $150,-000. We affirm.

On September 20, 1972, plaintiff, who was about to give birth, was admitted as a patient to the Caro Community Hospital. As she was being prepared for the delivery room, a catheter was placed in her left arm. After the needle punctured her arm, plaintiff heard the nurse who inserted it say that something had broken off. An unsuccessful attempt to find the severed catheter in plaintiff’s arm was made. Following her trip to the delivery room in which…