Redwine v. Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Inc.

LAVENDER, Justice.

Plaintiff below, as surviving spouse of Earl Forrest Redwine, brought suit in the district court against Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Inc., and Cardiovascular *1294Clinic, Inc., alleging decedent expired while undergoing an open-heart surgery on March 9, 1976, at Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Inc., when air appeared in the aortic line and entered the aorta, causing decedent’s death. Plaintiff alleged that defects in equipment sold and utilized by both defendants and the negligence of the agents of both defendants were the proximate cause of the death. The suit was…