Evans v. Olson

LAVENDER, Justice:

Plaintiffs, Paulette Evans and Robert W. Evans, as next of kin of their stillborn child and in their individual right, brought suit against three defendants, Forrest W. Olson, M.D.; W. R. Sylvester, M.D.; and South Community Hospital. The petition contains several counts. Count I with two causes of action appears to be based on the Oklahoma wrongful death statute. Here, we are reviewing a certified interlocutory order wherein the trial court sustained the defendants’ demurrer to plaintiffs’ petition as to causes of action “brought by the parents as heirs of their deceased,…