Legal Opinion
Ashby v. Harris
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 4, 1996No. 75370, 75754PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMA WILSON, Chief Justice:
Although the appellants raise several issues as error in this case, one issue raised in the counter appeal of the appellees is disposi-tive, and that is whether 12 O.S.1991, § 1001 permits multiple refilings of an action. We hold that it does not. Given this result, we also address the issue of costs.
These facts are uneontested. A medical malpractice action was filed by James and Georgia Ashby on January 31, 1984, against the appellees. On September 10,1984, Georgia died and James dismissed the suit without prejudice on October 28, 1986, after the statute of…
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- Grider v. USX Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
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