Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Department of Public Welfare v. Martin
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 11, 1977No. 47951PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Justice.
This is an original proceeding brought by the State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Public Welfare, in which this court is asked to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ of prohibition against the respondent judge, preventing him from exercising further jurisdiction over the petitioner in a certain action now pending in the District Court of Oklahoma County.
The action in the trial court, No. CJ-74-3288, is an action for damages for malpractice against four physicians and “The Hospital of the University of Oklahoma, Known as Children’s Memorial Hospital”. At the…
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