Gasteazoro ex rel. Eder v. Colorado

Opinion by

JUDGE WEBB

¶ 1 This medical negligence case raises a novel question in Colorado — may nurses be included in a jury instruction derived from the pattern exercise-of-judgment instruction given concerning physicians? Here, after having been so instructed, a jury retened a verdict against- plaintiff, Mary Catherine Gasteazoro, and-in favor of defendants, Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado, d/b/a Centu-ra Health-Penrose-St Francis Health Services (the hospital), and Leticia Overholt, M.D. (Dr. Overholt). We conclude that the trial court acted within its discretion by instructing the…