EXHIBIT 5.1







                                December 16, 1998


Corgenix Medical Corporation
12061 Tejon Street
Westminster, Colorado 80234


      Re:   Sale  of  Common  Stock  Pursuant  to  Registration  Statement  on
            Form S-8 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We have acted as counsel to Corgenix  Medical  Corporation (the "Company")
in connection  with the  registration by the Company of 500,000 shares of Common
Stock, $.001 par value (the "Shares"),  described in the Registration  Statement
on Form  S-8 of the  Company  being  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission concurrently herewith. The Shares have been or may be issued by the
Company pursuant to the Company's  Employee Stock Purchase Plan or the Company's
Stock  Compensation  Plan(collectively,  the  "Plans"),  which  provides for the
possible  issuance of shares of Common Stock of the Company in  accordance  with
the respective  Plans.  In such  connection we have examined  certain  corporate
records and proceedings of the Company, including actions taken by the Company's
Board of Directors in respect of the  authorization  and issuance of the Shares,
and such other matters as we deemed appropriate.

      Based upon the foregoing,  we are of the opinion that the Shares have been
duly authorized and, when issued as contemplated by the Registration  Statement,
will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of capital stock of
the Company.

      We hereby  consent to be named in the  Registration  Statement  and in the
Prospectus  constituting  a part  thereof,  as amended from time to time, as the
attorneys who will pass upon legal  matters in  connection  with the issuance of
the  Shares,  and to the filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the  aforesaid
Registration  Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933 or the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                       Very truly yours,


                                       DAVIS, GRAHAM & STUBBS LLP


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