Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Oklahoma Memorial Hospital
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 17, 1995No. 83924PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice.
Two issues are dispositive of this controversy: (1) Does the Governmental Tort Claims Act [GTCA] 1 shield faculty physicians — who are teaching at Oklahoma Memorial Hospital [OMH] — from tort liability in medical malpractice suits brought against them in their status as state employees? and (2) Did the trial court err in giving summary judgment to the defendant faculty physician? We answer the first question in the negative and the second in the affirmative.
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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION
Martha Jackson [Jackson] received a cautery burn to her lower abdomen during a hysterectomy 2…
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