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Rolly: Nurse who suffered brain injury now entangled in two-front legal fight against the pharmacy and the hospital

Tamra Olsen-Ivie was a full-time nurse supporting two children when she suffered a debilitating brain injury after a mix-up in a prescription she filled at a Kmart pharmacy, according to her attorney.

Instead of the mild muscle relaxer she expected, she was handed a heavy-duty opioid that damaged her brain and left her incapacitated and unable to work.

Now, because of the way insurance works and through her own confusion, the 53-year-old single mother faces court action for unpaid medical bills owed to Intermountain Medical Center despite her attorneys’ pleas for patience until her anticipated settlement with Kmart is paid.