Legal Opinion
Harder v. F.C. Clinton, Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 4, 1997No. 86426PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
The dispositive question before this court is whether the trial court erred by directing a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiffs evidence that followed a res ipsa loquitur pattern of proof. We answer in the affirmative.
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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION
Ethel Kayser [Kayser] was admitted on July 14, 1992 to the Heritage Care Center [Heritage, Center, or nursing home]. On the evening of September 30,1992 she was transferred to the Clinton Regional Hospital after ingesting an overdose of Tolbutamide, a diabetic medication. There she was diagnosed as having a…
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