Legal Opinion
Fleming v. Baptist General Convention
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 23, 1987No. 54711. (54712, 54856 and 54857 consolidated.)PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARGRAVE, Vice Chief Justice.
Amos and Joyce Fleming brought the instant action against the Baptist General Convention of the State of Oklahoma, doing business as Miami Baptist Hospital, and Glenn W. Cosby, M.D. As originally brought, the action also named a drug manufacturer as defendant. That defendant is no longer a party to the action. This action sought recovery for damages resulting from an injection of two drugs into the left thigh of Mrs. Fleming which caused personal injury.
The cause was tried to a jury and on December 11, 1979, the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Cosby,…
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